ပိုင်း

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Burmese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respellings: ပိုင်း, ဗိုင်း
  • IPA(key): /páɪɴ/, /báɪɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: puing: • ALA-LC: puiṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: paing:/baing: • Okell: paìñ/paìñ

Usage notes

The voiceless variant /páɪɴ/ occurs after /ʔ/; the voiced variant /báɪɴ/ after vowels and /ɴ/.

Verb

ပိုင်း (puing:)

  1. to divide, cut up
    ခြံကိုပိုင်း၍ရောင်းhkramkuipuing:rweraung:(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. to cleave
    ဓားနှင့်ပိုင်းdha:hnang.puing:(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. to fleece, swindle, seduce
    တွေ့ကရာကညာကိုပိုင်းtwe.ka.raka.nyakuipuing:(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. to break off (after winning)
    အနိုင်နှင့်ပိုင်းa.nuinghnang.puing:(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

Classifier

ပိုင်း (puing:)

  1. numerical classifier indicating part or division of something
    နှစ်ပိုင်းတစ်ပိုင်းhnacpuing:tacpuing:(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Postposition

ပိုင်း (puing:)

  1. during, in (with a period of time)
    မနက်ပိုင်းma.nakpuing:in the morning, during the morning
    ညနေပိုင်းnya.nepuing:in the evening, during the evening

Further reading