အုပ်

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Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ʔup (to cover, incubate, hatch). Cognate with Mizo (up, shelter). The Tibeto-Burman root is likely allofamic with Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)wap (to hatch, incubate, cover), the latter whence Old Chinese (OC *kaːbs, *kaːb, *ɡaːb, “to cover”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔoʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: up • ALA-LC: ʼupʻ • BGN/PCGN: ok • Okell: ouʔ

Verb

အုပ် (up)

  1. to cover
  2. to give another coating using a different color
  3. to command and govern
  4. to maintain
  5. to add coriander or garnishes when the pot is about to be put down
  6. to cover ripe fruit with something (burlap, straw) to ripen it
  7. to cover and hide
  8. to restrain, subdue, suppress
  9. to administer, take charge, look after
  10. to wind up, conclude
  11. to complete a rhyme, cap a verse, add antistrophe
  12. (slang) to harass the other side (with hard words, etc.), to attack
  13. (slang) to devour

Classifier

အုပ် (up)

  1. the herd, a word used to count books, etc.
  2. a word used to count the number of times a gatha mantra is recited

Noun

အုပ် (up)

  1. an insert with a cover made of diapers, etc.
  2. a group of animate and inanimate (herd, tree)

Derived terms

Further reading

Mon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔu/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Noun

အုပ် (ʼup)

  1. block billet of wood jungle bush thicket.

Etymology 2

Burmese အုပ် (up).

Verb

အုပ် (ʼup)

  1. to cover
  2. to preside over
  3. to be covered

Noun

အုပ် (ʼup)

  1. volume or separate part of book quantifier for books lengths of cloth.

References

  • Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.