အဘိုး

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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အ- (a.-) +‎ ဘိုး (bhui:), the latter element from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *pəw (grandfather, older brother)

Noun

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အဘိုး (a.bhui:)

  1. grandfather
Derived terms
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Further reading

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  • အဘိုး 2 (‘grandfather’)” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 80.
  • အဘိုး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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အဘိုး (a.bhui:)

  1. Dated spelling of အဖိုး (a.hpui:).