ပုလိပ်

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from English police.

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: ပ'လိပ်
IPA^(key): /pəleɪʔ/
Romanization: MLCTS: pu.lip • ALA-LC: pulipʻ • BGN/PCGN: păleik • Okell: păleiʔ

Noun

ပုလိပ် • (pu.lip)

(dated) police; police officer

Synonyms

ရဲ (rai:)

Derived terms

ပုလိပ်ရုံး (pu.lip-rum:)
ပုလိပ်ဌာန (pu.liphtana.)

Descendants

→ Mon: ပလိက်

References

“ပုလိပ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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