ဘီလူး

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Burmese

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from Sanskrit भैरव (bhairava).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဘီ'လူး
  • IPA(key): /bəlú/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: bhilu: • ALA-LC: bhīlūʺ • BGN/PCGN: bălu: • Okell: bălù

Noun

ဘီလူး (bhilu:) (classifier ကောင်)

  1. (mythology) ogre (brutish giant that eats human flesh)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Shan: ၽီလူး (phǐi lúu)

Further reading

  • ဘီလူး” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 727.
  • ဘီလူး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.