မူး

See also: မူ, အမည်, အမိ, အမြီး, မိုး, and မီး

Burmese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mú/

Romanization: MLCTS: mu: • ALA-LC: mūʺ • BGN/PCGN: mu: • Okell: mù

Etymology 1

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Noun

မူး • (mu:)

one tenth of a kyat during the Konbaung era
one eighth of a rupee during the colonial era
one eighth of ကျပ်သား (kyapsa:) (traditional weight measure)
one eighth of an inch or acre

Derived terms

ငါးမူး (nga:mu:)

Descendants

Jingpho: mu

Etymology 2

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Noun

မူး • (mu:)

small stream

Proper noun

မူး • (mu:)

(~မြစ်) Mu (a river in Burma)

Adjective

မူး • (mu:)

giddy, dizzy
drunk

References

“မူး” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 764.
“မူး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

S'gaw Karen

Noun

မူး • (moö)

ceremony

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