အုပ်

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 蓋 (OC *kaːbs, *kaːb, *ɡaːb, “to cover”) (STEDT).

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

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

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

အုပ် • (up)

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

• “အုပ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

• IPA^(key): /ʔu/

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အုပ် (ʼup)

1. block billet of wood jungle bush thicket.

Burmese အုပ် (up).

အုပ် (ʼup)

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

အုပ် (ʼup)

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

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