ပိုင်

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Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pàɪɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: puing • ALA-LC: puiṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: paing • Okell: paiñ

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (puiŋ "own, possess, have right to"). Given the word's -uing final, this is likely to be a Mon loanword, per Hill 2019.”

Verb

ပိုင် (puing)

  1. to own, possess
  2. to be accomplished
  3. to have a right to do something
  4. to be viscous
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Noun

ပိုင် (puing)

  1. any one of the fish traps used in conjunction with bamboo barrier screens

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Semantic extension of the "own" sense in Etymology 1?”)

Classifier

ပိုင် (puing)

  1. numerical classifier used in referring to a monk's robe or to a piece of silk used as headdress

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English pi.

Noun

ပိုင် (puing)

  1. (mathematics) pi

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Hindi पाई (pāī).

Noun

ပိုင် (puing)

  1. pie (Indian monetary unit equal to one twelfth of an anna)
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