ကော်

Burmese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 膠 (MC kaew, “glue”). Cognate with Thai กาว (gaao), Lao ກາວ (kāo), Khmer កាវ (kaaw), Vietnamese keo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: kau • ALA-LC: koʻ • BGN/PCGN: kaw • Okell: ko

Noun

ကော် • (kau)

1. glue; gum; paste
2. synthetic material such as celluloid, plastic, etc.
3. open floral design tattooed on the mid of the thigh

Derived terms

• ကော်ပြန့် (kau-pran.)
• ကော်ရစ် (kaurac)
• ကော်ရည်ခေါက်ဆွဲ (kauranyhkaukhcwai:)

 

Verb

ကော် • (kau)

1. to lever up
2. (slang, figuratively) to make a lucky strike

References

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

Mon

Verb

ကော် (kok)

1. to call name summon.

   အဲကော်ဍေံဟွံကၠုၚ်။

   ʼoa kok ḍeṃ hwaṃ kluṅ.

   He won't come when I call him.

Sanskrit

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