ပို

See also: ပို့ and ပိုး

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pò/
• Romanization: MLCTS: pui • ALA-LC: pui • BGN/PCGN: po • Okell: pou

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Pali bala.

Noun

ပို • (pui)

1. counter used in a game of pachisi

Derived terms

• ပိုသွား (puiswa:)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (pui "basket, smaller than WB put"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Noun

ပို • (pui)

1. deep bamboo basket for storing or transporting dry goods

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English pole.

Noun

ပို • (pui)

1. a measure of length equivalent to five and half yards

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (pui "crosspiece on deck of boat"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Noun

ပို • (pui)

1. thwart (of a boat)
2. timber planking connecting two boats lined abreast over which a deck is laid

Derived terms

• ပိုပစ် (puipac)

Etymology 5

Adjective

ပို • (pui)

1. extra, additional, superfluous, redundant

   ဒီလက​ အရင်လထက် ပိုပူတယ်။ ― dila.ka.​ a.rangla.htak puiputai|| ― This month is hotter than last month.

Verb

ပို • (pui)

1. to be in excess, be more than what is necessary, be over and above the norm, overdo
2. to exceed (be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable; go beyond the limits of something)

Derived terms

• ငွေပိုငွေလျှံ (ngwepui-ngwehlyam)
• စာပို (capui)
• တောက်တပို (taukta.pui)
• ပိုမို (puimui)
• ပိုလျှံ (puihlyam)
• ပိုလွန် (puilwan)
• ဘီးတောင်ပို (bhi:taungpui)
• လိုတိုးပိုလျှော့လုပ် (luitui:puihlyau.lup)
• လုံးပို (lum:pui)
• လူပို (lupui)
• ဝန်ပို (wanpui)
• အချပ်ပို (a.hkyappui)
• အချိန်ပို (a.hkyinpui)
• အသားပို (a.sa:pui)

Further reading

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

Pa'o Karen

Noun

ပို (transliteration needed)

1. son