See also: ပု and ပူး

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 an etymology by STEDT (pu "hot; troubled"). Luce 1981 gives Old Chinese (OC *boːwɢs, *boːɡ, “to expose to the sun”) as a cognate.[1]

Adjective

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ပူ (pu)

  1. hot, warm[2][3]
    Synonym: (more mildly) နွေး (nwe:)
    Antonyms: အေး (e:), ချမ်း (hkyam:)

Verb

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ပူ (pu)

  1. to worry, to be troubled
  2. to pester, to nag, to bother[3]
  3. to be worried, to be anxious[2][3]
    Synonym: ပူပန် (pupan)
  4. to be plagued with, to be infested with[3]
  5. to be pressing, to be restive[3]
    ကလေးတစ်လုံးပူ...ka.le:tacnya.lum:pu...the child was restive all through the night...[3]
  6. to be urgent[2]
  7. to drill, to bore[3]

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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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 (pu "bulge in middle"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Seems rather sound-symbolic, though whether inherited from an earlier stage or coined within Burmese is unclear.”

Verb

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ပူ (pu)

  1. to bulge in the middle[2][3]
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Etymology 3

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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 (pu "round basket with cover"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Noun

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ပူ (pu)

  1. (same as ပူတာ (puta)) cylindrical container with a lid[2][3]
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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-U Finals (44. Hot; Distress)”, 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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 ပူ, 1; ပူ, 2; ပူ, 3; ပူ, 4” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 644.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 ပူ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Cognate to Nyah Kur [script needed] (puur, oriental turtle dove (spotted dove?)).[3]

Noun

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ပူ ()

  1. dove[4][1][5][2][6]
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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ပူ ()

  1. to bind cord or cloth round[4][1][5][2][6]
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) Mon - Japanese Dictionary[2] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 599
  3. ^ Diffloth, Gérard (1984) The Dvaravati Old Mon languages and Nyah Kur (Monic Language Studies)‎[3], Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University Printing House
  4. 4.0 4.1 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. 5.0 5.1 อนุสรณ์ สถานนท์, ร้อยตรี [Anusorn Sathanon, Sub-Lt.] (1984) พจนานุกรม มอญ-ไทย [Mon-Thai Dictionary], page 109; Thai translation of Halliday, R. (1922) A Mon-English Dictionary, Bangkok: Siam Society (2nd ed.: Rangoon: Mon Cultural Section, Ministry of Union Culture, Govt. of the Union of Burma, 1955).
  6. 6.0 6.1 จำปี ซื่อสัตย์ [Champi Suesat] (2007[2008]) “เขา (นก); พัน (วงรอบ)”, in พจนานุกรมไทย-มอญ สำเนียงมอญลพบุรี [Thai-Mon (Lopburi Dialect) Dictionary] (in Thai), ปทุมธานี [Pathum Thani]: วัดจันทน์กะพ้อ [Chan Kapho Temple], pages 28, 157

Shan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Southwestern Tai *puːᴬ¹ (crab), from Proto-Tai *pɯwᴬ (crab). Cognate with Thai ปู (bpuu), Lao ປູ (), Tai Dam ꪜꪴ, ᦔᦴ (ṗuu), Ahom 𑜆𑜥 (), Zhuang baeu, Bouyei baul.

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ပူ (pǔu)

  1. crab