အရိုး

See also: အရေ and အရား

Burmese

FWOTD – 29 May 2020

အရိုး

Etymology

အ- (a.-) +‎ ရိုး (rui:, “bone”), the latter from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rus.

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: အ'ရိုး

IPA^(key): /ʔəjó/

Romanization: MLCTS: a.rui: • ALA-LC: ʼaruiʺ • BGN/PCGN: ăyo: • Okell: ăyoù

Noun

အရိုး • (a.rui:)

(anatomy) bone
lineage, pedigree
- 1962, Hla Pe, Burmese Proverbs, London: John Murray, pp. 18 and 90:
  cɛʔhmɑ ə`yo luhmɑ ə`myo
  conventional orthography:
  ကြက်မှာ အရိုး လူမှာ အမျိုး။
  krakhma a.rui: luhma a.myui:||
  With fowls, the pedigree; with men, breeding.

References

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

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