ပိုင်

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Burmese

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Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (puiŋ "own, possess, have right to"). Given the word's -uing final, this is likely to be a Mon loanword, per Hill 2019.”

Verb

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ပိုင် (puing)

  1. to own, possess
  2. to be accomplished
  3. to have a right to do something
  4. to be viscous
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Noun

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ပိုင် (puing)

  1. any one of the fish traps used in conjunction with bamboo barrier screens

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Semantic extension of the "own" sense in Etymology 1?”)

Classifier

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ပိုင် (puing)

  1. numerical classifier used in referring to a monk's robe or to a piece of silk used as headdress

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English pi.

Noun

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ပိုင် (puing)

  1. (mathematics) pi

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from Hindi पाई (pāī).

Noun

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ပိုင် (puing)

  1. pie (Indian monetary unit equal to one twelfth of an anna)
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Further reading

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