ပုလိပ်

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from English police.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ပ'လိပ်
• IPA^(key): /pəleɪʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: pu.lip • ALA-LC: pulipʻ • BGN/PCGN: păleik • Okell: păleiʔ

Noun

ပုလိပ် • (pu.lip)

1. (dated) police; police officer

Synonyms

• ရဲ (rai:)

Derived terms

• ပုလိပ်ရုံး (pu.lip-rum:)
• ပုလိပ်ဌာန (pu.liphtana.)

Descendants

• → Mon: ပလိက်

References

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