Etymology

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From Proto-Mon-Khmer *k̆o, Compare Thai ก็ (gɔ̂) and Khmer ក៏ (kɑɑ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔʔ/
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Preposition

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ကဵု (k̆o)

  1. with, by, to
    ဇကုကဵုလိက်ကဵုမိဇကုတုဲရဟာ။
    jaku k̆oulik k̆oumi jaku tuyyya hā.
    Have you written to your mother?

Conjunction

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ကဵု (k̆o)

  1. and
  2. or
    အရေဝ်ဗၟာကဵုအရေဝ်မန်ဣလဵုလောဲရော။
    ʼarew bmā k̆ou ʼarew mon ʼileu loy ro.
    Which is easier Burmese or Mon?
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Verb

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ကဵု (k̆o)

  1. to give, to pay.
    အခေါန်တိဗ္ၚဂှ်ဒးကဵုၜိုတ်ပန်စှော်ဒကေဝ်။
    ʼakhon ti bṅagh daḥk̆ou ṗiutpan chok dakew.
    I had to pay about forty rupees in land tax.

Alternative forms

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