ပွေ
Burmese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (pwe "(be) confused"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pwè/
- Romanization: MLCTS: pwe • ALA-LC: pve • BGN/PCGN: pwe • Okell: pwei
Verb
ပွေ • (pwe)
- to be besieged with, be beset with (work, trouble, difficulties) be fraught with (anxiety)
- to gad about, play around
Adjective
ပွေ • (pwe)
Derived terms
- ပွေနောက် (pwenauk)
- ပွေလီ (pweli)
- ဗရပွေ (ba.ra.pwe)
- မုန့်လေပွေ (mun.le-pwe)
- ရှုပ်ထွေးပွေလီ (hruphtwe:pweli)
- ရှုပ်ပွေ (hruppwe)
- လေပွေ (le-pwe)
- အမှုပွေ (a.hmu.pwe)
Further reading
- “ပွေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.