ပု
Appearance
See also: ပူ
Burmese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /pṵ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: pu. • ALA-LC: pu • BGN/PCGN: pu. • Okell: pú
Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]ပု • (pu.)
- to be short (in stature), dwarfish[1][2]
- လူပု ― lupu. ― a dwarfish person
- to draw one's head in to keep it down[2]
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Pali pubbenivāsañāṇa and abbreviated.[1]
Noun
[edit]ပု • (pu.)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “ပု, 1; ပု, 2” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 636.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “ပု” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Further reading
[edit]- “ပု” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Mon
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate to Nyah Kur [script needed] (puuʔ, “(of corpse) to swell in decomposition”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ပု (pu)
- to swell[4][2][1][3]
- (Pak Kret District, of noodles) to be swollen after time passed[3]
- (of fruits like mango, tamarind, etc.) to be ripe seemingly[2][3][5]
- to suffer diarrhoea[2][1]
Derived terms
[edit]- ဂၞဴပု (gnau pu)
References
[edit]- ↑ 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
- ↑ 2.0 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.
- ↑ 3.0 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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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