ပိုး

See also: ပို, ပို့, and ပုံး

Burmese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Burmese ပိုဝ်း (puiw), ultimately from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *bəw (“insect, snake, vermin, bug”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pó/

Romanization: MLCTS: pui: • ALA-LC: puiʺ • BGN/PCGN: po: • Okell: poù

Noun

ပိုး • (pui:)

insect
silk (fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers)
maggot
germ; microbe
(slang) obsession, interest

Synonyms

(insect): အင်းဆက် (ang:hcak)

References

Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.

Further reading

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

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