ပုတ်

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Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: put • ALA-LC: putʻ • BGN/PCGN: pok • Okell: pouʔ

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (put "strike with open palm"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Note similarities to Old Chinese (OC *pʰɯd, “to stroke, brush off”). Even if inherited from an earlier form of the language, the term seems at least partially onomatopoeic in formation.”

Verb

ပုတ် (put)

  1. to tap (someone with hand), pat, slap
  2. to strike, hit, beat
Derived terms

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (put "large wicker basket"), while Luce 1981 gives Old Chinese (OC *pɯlʔ, “bamboo basket”) as a cognate.”

Noun

ပုတ် (put)

  1. round bamboo basket for storing paddy, etc.
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