ပု

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (pu⁵³ "low / short (person)"). Luce's comparison of Old Chinese 儒 (OC *njo, “dwarf, weak”) is phonetically unconvincing. Bears some resemblance to 僕 (OC *boːɡ, *buːɡ, “humble servant”).

The "draw one's head in" sense greatly resembles 俯 (OC *poʔ, “to bow the head”), though MED considers this sense etymologically equivalent with the "short" sense. Perhaps they are connected, with semantic shift "draw head in" > "keep head low" > "low, short".”

Verb

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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)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Pali pubbenivāsañāṇa and abbreviated.[1]

Noun

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ပု • (pu.)

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

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “ပု, 1; ပု, 2” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 636.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “ပု” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Further reading

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Mon

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Diffloth, Gérard (1984) The Dvaravati Old Mon languages and Nyah Kur (Monic Language Studies)‎[1], Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University Printing House
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎[2], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) Mon - Japanese Dictionary‎[3] (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[4], 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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