ဖြူ

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See also: ဖြူး, ဖြီး, ဖို့, ဖား, ဖူး, and ဖ

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰjù/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hpru • ALA-LC: phrū • BGN/PCGN: hpyu • Okell: hpyu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Burmese ဖ္လူ (phlu), from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *plu¹ (“white, silver, money”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *plu (“idem”). Cognate with Jingpho (hpraw, “white”) (STEDT).

Adjective

ဖြူ • (hpru)

  1. white, fair
  2. pure
Derived terms
See also
Colors in Burmese · အရောင် (a.raung) (layout · text)
     ဖြူ (hpru)      မီးခိုး (mi:hkui:)      မည်း (many:)
             နီ (ni); ကြက်သွေး (krakswe:)              လိမ္မော် (limmau); ညို (nyui)              ဝါ (wa); နို့နှစ် (nui.hnac)
             စိမ်းဝါ (cim:wa)              စိမ်း (cim:)              စိမ်းဖန့်ဖန့် (cim:hpan.hpan.); စိမ်းပုပ် (cim:pup)
             စိမ်းပြာ (cim:pra); စိမ်းပြာနက် (cim:pranak)              ကြည်ပြာ (kranypra)              ပြာ (pra)
             ခရမ်း (hka.ram:); မဲနယ် (mai:nai)              ပန်းခရမ်း (pan:hka.ram:); ပန်းခရမ်းပြာ (pan:hka.ram:pra)              ပန်း (pan:)

Proper noun

ဖြူ • (hpru)

  1. a unisex given name

Etymology 2

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔ-blu¹ (“porcupine”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-blu (“porcupine, hedgehog”). Cognate with the second syllable of Manipuri ꯁꯕꯨ (sabu, “porcupine”) (STEDT).

ဖြူ (Hystrix indica)
ဖြူ (Atherurus macrourus)

Noun

ဖြူ • (hpru)

  1. hedgehog, porcupine
    Synonym: ဖြူကောင် (hprukaung)
    1. Indian crested porcupine, Indian porcupine (Hystrix indica, syn. H. leucura)
    2. Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus macrourus)
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Rudolf A. Yanson (1 January 2006) Notes on the Evolution of the Burmese Phonological System‎, Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 103–120
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ōno, Tōru (2000) ビルマ(ミャンマー)語辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Daigakushorin, →ISBN, page 433

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