ပိုက်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɪʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: puik • ALA-LC: puikʻ • BGN/PCGN: paik • Okell: paiʔ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pipe.

Noun

ပိုက် • (puik)

1. pipe (plumbing); hose pipe
2. straw

Etymology 2

Noun

ပိုက် • (puik)

1. net

Etymology 3

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ba (“to carry (on back or shoulders)”). Cognate with Chinese 負 / 负 (fù, “to bear”) and Chinese 背 (“back”).

Verb

ပိုက် • (puik)

1. to bear; to hold