ဖူး

• IPA^(key): /pʰú/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hpu: • ALA-LC: phūʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpu: • Okell: hpù

ဖူး • (hpu:)

1. to visit (a shrine, a monk, etc.)
2. to behold (someone) with awe and veneration

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔ-bu ~ *pu (“to be born; birth; bud; bloom”). Cognate with Jingpho pu (“to bloom, bud”), Old Chinese 阜 (OC *buʔ, “big mount; abundant”) (STEDT), as well as, per Luce, 苞 (OC *pruː, “bud; luxuriant”).^[2]

• IPA^(key): /pʰú/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hpu: • ALA-LC: phūʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpu: • Okell: hpù

ဖူး • (hpu:)

1. to swell, be swollen
2. to bud

ဖူး • (hpu:)

1. lump; swelling
2. (botany) bud
3. (card games) spades

Suits in Burmese · ဖဲအပွင့် (hpai:a.pwang.) (layout · text)
ဖူးနီ, ပိမ့် (hpu:ni, pim.)	ထောင့်, ချွန်း (htaung., hkywan:)	ဖူး (hpu:)	ညှင်း (hnyang:)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981.”)

• Phonetic respellings: ဗူး, ဖူး
• IPA^(key): /bú/, /pʰú/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hpu: • ALA-LC: phūʺ • BGN/PCGN: bu:/hpu: • Okell: hpù/hpù ဖုး

• /bú/ is used after vowels or /ɴ/, whereas /pʰú/ is used after /ʔ/.

ဖူး • (hpu:)

1. indicates a perfect tense

   ဗမာပြည် ရောက်ဖူးသလား။

   ba.ma-prany raukhpu:sa.la:||

   Have you ever come to Burma?

• “ဖူး” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
• “ဖူး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.