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ဖူး

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Burmese

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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 (phû "behold reverentially"). Luce gives Old Chinese (OC *poʔ, “to bow the head”) as a cognate.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pʰú/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hpu: • ALA-LC: phūʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpu: • Okell: hpù

Verb

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ဖူး (hpu:)

  1. to visit (a shrine, a monk, etc.)
  2. to behold (someone) with awe and veneration
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔ-bu ~ *pu (to be born; birth; bud; bloom). Cognate with Jingpho pu (to bloom, bud), Old Chinese (OC *buʔ, “big mount; abundant”) (STEDT), as well as, per Luce, (OC *pruː, “bud; luxuriant”).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pʰú/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hpu: • ALA-LC: phūʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpu: • Okell: hpù

Verb

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ဖူး (hpu:)

  1. to swell, be swollen
  2. to bud

Noun

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ဖူး (hpu:)

  1. lump; swelling
  2. (botany) bud
  3. (card games) spades
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See also

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Suits in Burmese · ဖဲအပွင့် (hpai:a.pwang.) (layout · text)
ဖူးနီ, ပိမ့် (hpu:ni, pim.) ထောင့်, ချွန်း (htaung., hkywan:) ဖူး (hpu:) ညှင်း (hnyang:)

Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981.”)

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respellings: ဗူး, ဖူး
  • IPA(key): /bú/, /pʰú/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hpu: • ALA-LC: phūʺ • BGN/PCGN: bu:/hpu: • Okell: hpù/hpù ဖုး
Usage notes
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  • /bú/ is used after vowels or /ɴ/, whereas /pʰú/ is used after /ʔ/.

Particle

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ဖူး (hpu:)

  1. indicates a perfect tense
    ဗမာပြည် ရောက်ဖူးသလား။
    ba.ma-prany raukhpu:sa.la:||
    Have you ever come to Burma?
Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-U Finals (48. to Behold with reverence or love))”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 33
  2. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-U Finals (47. Bud; to Bud; edible Bulb Root)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 33

Further reading

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