ပိုး

See also: ပို, ပို့, and ပုံး

Burmese

Etymology

From Old Burmese ပိုဝ်း (puiw).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pó/

Romanization: MLCTS: pui: • ALA-LC: pui″ • BGN/PCGN: po: • Okell: poù

Noun

ပိုး • (pui:)

insect
silk (fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers)
maggot
germ; microbe

Synonyms

(insect): အင်းဆက် (ang:hcak)

Further reading

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

References

Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.

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