ပု

See also: ပူ

Burmese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pṵ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: pu. • ALA-LC: pu • BGN/PCGN: pu. • Okell: pú

Verb

ပု • (pu.)

  1. to be short (in stature), dwarfish[1][2]
    လူပု ― lupu. ― a dwarfish person
  2. to draw one's head in to keep it down[2]
    လည်ပင်းကိုပုထားလိုက် ― lanypang:kuipu.hta:luik ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
  • ပုညှက် (pu.hnyak)
  • ပုလု (pu.lu.), ပုလုကွေးလွေး (pu.lu.kwe:lwe:)
  • ပုအိုင့်အိုင့် (pu.uing.uing.)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali pubbenivāsañāṇa and abbreviated.[1]

Noun

ပု • (pu.)

  1. wisdom which is able to discern the past[1]
See also

References
  1. “ပု, 1; ပု, 2” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 636.
  2. “ပု” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Mon

Etymology

Cognate to Nyah Kur [script needed] (puuʔ, “(of corpse) to swell in decomposition”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Myanmar) IPA(key): /paoʔ/[2][1]
  • (Pak Kret District, Thailand) IPA(key): /pauʔ/[3]

Verb

ပု (pu)

  1. to swell[4][2][1][3]
  2. (Pak Kret District, of noodles) to be swollen after time passed[3]
  3. (of fruits like mango, tamarind, etc.) to be ripe seemingly[2][3][5]
  4. to suffer diarrhoea[2][1]

Derived terms

References
  1. Diffloth, Gérard (1984) The Dvaravati Old Mon languages and Nyah Kur (Monic Language Studies)‎, Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University Printing House
  2. Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  3. Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) Mon - Japanese Dictionary‎ (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 595
  4. Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language: To which are Added a Few Pages of Phrases, &c‎, Rangoon: American Mission Press, page 89
  5. จำปี ซื่อสัตย์ [Champi Suesat] (2007[2008]) “เกราะ(มะขาม)”, in พจนานุกรมไทย-มอญ สำเนียงมอญลพบุรี [Thai-Mon (Lopburi Dialect) Dictionary] (in Thai), ปทุมธานี [Pathum Thani]: วัดจันทน์กะพ้อ [Chan Kapho Temple], page 14
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