ဗိုက်

Burmese

ဗိုက်

Etymology

According to STEDT, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-puːk (“belly; vitals; hollow object; cave”), whence Old Chinese 腹 (OC *puɡ, “belly, abdomen”). However, the -uik final suggests a borrowing from Mon; as noted on the page for the Chinese term, similar words exist in Mon-Khmer, suggesting an areal relation or a very deep inheritance past the point of reconstructability.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɪʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: buik • ALA-LC: buikʻ • BGN/PCGN: baik • Okell: baiʔ

Noun

ဗိုက် • (buik)

1. stomach, belly

   Synonym: ဝမ်း (wam:)

   ဗိုက်နာတယ် ― buiknatai ― stomach hurts

2. pregnancy

Derived terms

• ဗိုက်ကြီး (buikkri:)
• ဗိုက်ခေါက်ထူ (buikhkaukhtu)
• ဗိုက်ရွှဲ (buikhrwai:)
• ဗိုက်သူခိုး (buiksuhkui:)
• ဝမ်းဗိုက် (wam:buik)

 

Further reading

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