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Burmese
Pronunciation
Noun
ဘု • (bhu.)
- knob, node
Pali
Alternative scripts
- bhu (Latin script)
- 𑀪𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- भु (Devanagari script)
- ভু (Bengali script)
- භු (Sinhalese script)
- ꧤု (Burmese script)
- ภุ (Thai script)
- ᨽᩩ (Tai Tham script)
- ຠຸ (Lao script)
- ភុ (Khmer script)
- 𑄞𑄪 (Chakma script)
Noun
ဘု (bhu)
- Burmese script form of bhu, which is vocative singular of ဘူ (bhū, “the earth”)
- Burmese script form of bhu, which is vocative singular of ဘူ (bhū, “eyebrow”)
S'gaw Karen
Etymology
Cognate with Eastern Pwo ၜူး (bɯ́), Pa'o Karen ဗူ. Possibly from Austroasiatic (Luce 1985), compare Danau ဗာ့ (báʔ).
Noun
ဘု • (bu)
- paddy
- rice
Synonyms
References
Luce, G. H. (1985). Phases of Pre-Pagán Burma: Languages and History. Oxford: Oxford University Press.