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Burmese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Burmese ပိုဝ်း (puiw), from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *bəw² (“insect, vermin, bug, snake”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bəw (“insect, snake, vermin, bug”). Cognate with Old Chinese 蜉 (OC *bu, “mayfly”); see there for more (STEDT).
Noun
ပိုး • (pui:)
- insect, pest
- germ, microbe
- poisonous snake
- maggot
- silkworm
- silk yarn (fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers)
- silk cloth
- (slang) obsession, interest
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Etymology 2
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Noun
ပိုး • (pui:)
- Pwo (one of the Kayin dialects and the people who speak it as their mother tongue)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *bəw² (“to carry on back”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bəw (“to carry (on back or shoulders)”). Cognate with Old Chinese 抱 (OC *buːʔ, “to heft, hug”) (STEDT).
Verb
ပိုး • (pui:)
- to carry on the back, carry pickaback, piggyback
- to add on, splice on, tack onto, reinforce
- to court, woo
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ပိုး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.