ဖု

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S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

Cognate with Bwe Karen phú.

Noun

ဖု (hpu) (classifier ဂၤ)

  1. grandfather

Etymology 2

Cognate with Bwe Karen phú.

Classifier

ဖု (hpu)

  1. Classifier for groups of people and flocks of animals.
    သုးဖု
    thü tahpu
    an army

Etymology 3

Cognate with Bwe Karen phu, Eastern Pwo ဖူ့ (phɯ̂).

Verb

ဖု (hpu)

  1. to jump
Synonyms

Western Pwo

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Cognate with Eastern Pwo ဖူႋ (phɯ̄), S'gaw Karen ပုၢ် (pu̱).

Noun

ဖု (transliteration needed)

  1. a younger brother or sister.
  2. (~ခွၫ) younger brother.
  3. (~မုၪ) younger sister.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

ဖုလၪ

Borrowed from Mon ဇဗၠု. Cognate with Eastern Pwo ဖူႋ (phɯ̄), S'gaw Karen သဘျုၣ် (tha blù).

Noun

ဖု (transliteration needed)

  1. betel, betel pepper (Piper betle).