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Burmese
Etymology
According to Schuessler 2007, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔəw-ŋ (“pot; vat; jar”) (reconstructed provisionally by STEDT, though STEDT does not link the Burmese to this root (ui: "pot")), and cognate with Old Chinese 甌 (OC *qoː, “bowl”); this is supported by Luce.[1]
It is unclear whether the "conspicuously quirky" sense is related to the "pot" sense, though MED groups them together.
Pronunciation
Noun
အိုး • (ui:)
- pot
စဉ့်အိုး- cany.ui:
- glazed pot
Adjective
အိုး • (ui:)
- (figuratively) (of a person) conspicuous for some quaint trait in said person's character
Derived terms
References
- ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UIW Finals (2. Pot; Potter)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 27
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