Burmese edit

Etymology edit

Doublet of ခွဲ (hkwai:).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kwɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kwai: • ALA-LC: kvai • BGN/PCGN: kwè: • Okell: kwè

Noun edit

ကွဲ (kwai:)

  1. mooring post for rafts

Verb edit

ကွဲ (kwai:)

Burmese verb set
Base ကွဲ (kwai:)
Causativeခွဲ (hkwai:)
  1. to be broken
  2. to become separated; be dispersed
  3. to explode, burst
  4. to split
  5. to differ, vary

References edit

S'gaw Karen edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Karen *kwatᴰ (bee (Apis cerana)).

Noun edit

ကွဲ (kweh)

  1. a kind of bee, Apis cerana