အရိုး

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See also: အရေ and အရား

Burmese

FWOTD – 29 May 2020
အရိုး

Etymology

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ ရိုး (rui:, “bone”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အ'ရိုး
  • IPA(key): /ʔəjó/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.rui: • ALA-LC: ʼaruiʺ • BGN/PCGN: ăyo: • Okell: ăyoù

Noun

အရိုး • (a.rui:)

  1. (anatomy) bone
  2. stalk
  3. hilt, haft
  4. lineage, pedigree, tradition
    • 1962, Hla Pe, Burmese Proverbs, London: John Murray, pp. 18 and 90:
      cɛʔhmɑ ə`yo luhmɑ ə`myo
      conventional orthography:
      ကြက်မှာ အရိုး လူမှာ အမျိုး။
      krakhma a.rui: luhma a.myui:||
      With fowls, the pedigree; with men, breeding.
  5. that which is simple, plain, honest, natural, unaffected

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