မြူ

Burmese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mjù/

Romanization: MLCTS: mru • ALA-LC: mrū • BGN/PCGN: myu • Okell: myu

Etymology 1

မြူ¹

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *muːŋ ~ r/s-muːk (“sky, clouds, fog”). Doublet of မိုး (mui:, “sky; rain”).

Noun

မြူ • (mru)

fog (cloud that forms at a low altitude and obscures vision)

Etymology 2

မြူ²

Noun

မြူ • (mru)

white goosefoot (Chenopodium album)

Further reading

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

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