ပျော်

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Burmese

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Etymology

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The "happy" sense is from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *p(r/y)aw (delight, happy, enjoy). Cognate with Tibetan སྤྲོ (spro, to delight in, wish) (STEDT: pyaw "happy").

The "dissolve" sense is grouped with the "happy" sense by MED, though it is unclear if they are truly related, and STEDT gives no etymology for the former (pjɔ²² "dissolve").

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pjɔ̀/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: pyau • ALA-LC: pyoʻ • BGN/PCGN: pyaw • Okell: pyo

Verb

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Burmese verb set
Base ပျော် (pyau)
Causativeဖျော် (hpyau)

ပျော် (pyau)

  1. to melt, dissolve
  2. to be happy, glad, merry, amused, pleased, etc.
  3. to enjoy, rejoice
  4. to be overripe

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • ပျော် 2” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 663.
  • ပျော်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.