ခိုး
Burmese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Burmese ခိုဝ်း (khuiw), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-kəw ~ hu (“to steal”). Cognate with Nuosu ꈐ (ku), ꈏꐷ (kux njie, “to steal”), Lolopo ker (“to steal”), Naxi kv (“to steal”), Jingpho lägu (“to steal”), Drung keu (“to steal”), Yakkha खुमा (khuma, “to steal”), Tibetan རྐུ (rku, “to steal”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /kʰó/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hkui: • ALA-LC: khuiʺ • BGN/PCGN: hko: • Okell: hkoù
Verb edit
ခိုး • (hkui:)
Synonyms edit
- ဗုန်း (bun:)
Derived terms edit
- သူခိုး (suhkui:)
References edit
- Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.
Further reading edit
- “ခိုး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.