ပွိုင့်

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from English point.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pwa̰ɪɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: pwuing. • ALA-LC: pvuiṅʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: pwaing. • Okell: pwaíñ

Noun

ပွိုင့် • (pwuing.)

1. (printing) point
2. caliber of guns (in decimals of an inch)
3. point (fact, idea, or place of significance)

Derived terms

• မီးပွိုင့် (mi:pwuing.)

 

Further reading

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