ဦး

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See also: ဥ and အူ

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-bu-s (“head”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

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Verb

ဦး • (u:)

  1. to be ahead (of others)
  2. to preempt, forestall
  3. to refine (gold)

Noun

ဦး • (u:)

  1. head
  2. prow, bow
  3. head, fore, frontage
  4. front part
  5. van, fore
  6. commencement, inception, onset, earlier part
  7. first

Derived terms

Particle

ဦး • (u:)

  1. title prefixed to the name of a man or a monk
  2. honorific term prefixed to the name of a monk
  3. (honorific) form of address for older men, roughly the average age of one's uncle; sir
    ဦး သန့်
    u: san.
    U Thant
  4. particle suffixed to a verb or adjective to denote something offered first (as to a monk in deference); first (in season); first (sale of the day)
  5. particle suffixed to verbs to denote a prerequisite, definite or imperative condition

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • → Shan: ဢူး (ʼúu)

Classifier

ဦး • (u:)

  1. numerical classifier used with counting people

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