ပုပ်

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-bup (“to rot; spotted > to write”); compare Akha bòq (“to write”) (STEDT). Despite similar semantics and superficially-similar phonetics in the modern form, apparently unrelated to Chinese 腐 (OC *boʔ, “to rot”).

• IPA^(key): /poʊʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: pup • ALA-LC: pupʻ • BGN/PCGN: pok • Okell: pouʔ

ပုပ် • (pup)

1. to decay, decompose, rot, become rotten, be rotten, be putrid
2. to be wasted
3. to be intemperate in eating or sleeping

ပုပ် • (pup)

1. rotten

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