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.
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