ပူ

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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.

Further reading

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Mon

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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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(Nouns)

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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(Verbs)

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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ပူ (pǔu)

  1. crab