ဟု

See also: ဟို, ဟံး, ဟူ, ဟ, and ဟံၣ်

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

Cognate with Bwe Karen hú, Pa'o Karen ဟူ (hù). Luce (1985) suggests that ဟု may be borrowed from Austroasiatic, probably from a descendant of Proto-Austroasiatic *srɔ(ː)ʔ; compare, for example, Mon သွံ (“paddy”).

Noun

ဟု • (hu)

  1. rice (husked, uncooked)
Synonyms
  • ဟုသး (hu thä)
  • ဘု (bu, “paddy, unhusked rice”)
  • မ့ၤ (maȳ, “cooked rice”)

References

  • Luce, Gordon. 1985. Phases of Pre-Pagan Burma: languages and history (volume 2). Oxford University Press. →ISBN

Etymology 2

Cognate with Eastern Pwo ၯူး (ɣɯ́).

Verb

ဟု • (hu)

  1. to brood (of hens)
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