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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

မူး • (mu:)

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

Derived terms

• ငါးမူး (nga:mu:)

 

Descendants

• Jingpho: mu

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

မူး • (mu:)

1. small stream

Proper noun

မူး • (mu:)

1. (~မြစ်) Mu (a river in Burma)

Etymology 3

Adjective

မူး • (mu:)

1. giddy, dizzy
2. 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)

1. ceremony