Etymology

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From Proto-Mon-Khmer *pkaaw ~ *pkaʔ. Cognate with Nyah Kur กาว, Khmer ផ្កា (phkaa), Bahnar pơkao. Doublet of ပ္ကဴ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ကဴ (kao)

  1. flower.

Verb

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ကဴ (kao)

  1. to flower blossom.
    တၞံဇမ္ပတရပ်သ္ၚိမၞးတံဂှ် ကဴဣရဟာ။
    tnaṃjampatarapsṅimnaḥtaṃgh kaoʼirahā.
    Has the champa tree near your house bloomed yet?