ပင့်ကူ

Burmese

Etymology

Uncertain, probably of Mon origin. Compare the first element with Khmer ពីងពាង (piing piəng, “spider”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ပင့်ဂူ
• IPA^(key): /pɪ̰ɴɡù/
• Romanization: MLCTS: pang.ku • ALA-LC: paṅʻʹkū • BGN/PCGN: pin.gu • Okell: píñku

Noun

ပင့်ကူ • (pang.ku) (classifier ကောင်)

1. spider

Derived terms

• ပင့်ကူဆွဲချ (pang.kuhcwai:hkya.)
• ပင့်ကူနီ (pang.kuni)
• ပင့်ကူမျှင် (pang.kuhmyang)
• ပင့်ကူအိမ် (pang.kuim)

Further reading

• “ပင့်ကူ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 607.
• “ပင့်ကူ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.