ဥ

See also: အူ, ဦး, and ဉ

ဥ U+1025, ဥ MYANMAR LETTER U ← ဤ [U+1024] Myanmar ဦ → [U+1026]

Translingual

Letter

ဥ

1. Burmese vowel u

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Burmese

ဥ

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔu, which is related to *wa ~ wu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔṵ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: u. • ALA-LC: u • BGN/PCGN: u. • Okell: ú

Noun

ဥ • (u.) (classifier လုံး)

1. egg
2. tuber

Derived terms

• ငါးဥ (nga:u.)

References

• “ဥ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 149.
• “ဥ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.