ပျော့

See also: ပျော် and ပြော

Burmese

Alternative forms

  • ပြော့ (prau.) — obsolete

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *pryaw-k (“soft, boiled”); cognate with Jingpho [script needed] (pyo, “boiled and thus soft, tender”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pjɔ̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: pyau. • ALA-LC: pyoʹ • BGN/PCGN: pyaw. • Okell: pyó

Adjective

ပျော့ • (pyau.)

  1. soft, weak, malleable, pliable
  2. soft, feeble, weak

Derived terms

  • ပျော့စိစိ (pyau.ci.ci.)
  • ပျော့ညံ့ (pyau.nyam.)
  • ပျော့ပျော့ (pyau.pyau.)
  • ပျော့ပျောင်း (pyau.pyaung:)
  • ပျော့ဖတ် (pyau.hpat)
  • ပျော့အိ (pyau.i.)
  • လေပျော့ (le-pyau.)
  • အပျော့ (a.pyau.)
  • အရိုးပျော့နာ (a.rui:pyau.na)
  • အာခေါင်ပျော့ (ahkaungpyau.)
  • အိမ်ပျော့ (impyau.)

Further reading

  • “ပြော့” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 676.
  • “ပျော့” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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