ကွဲ

Burmese

Etymology

Doublet of ခွဲ (hkwai:).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ကွဲ • (kwai:)

1. mooring post for rafts

Verb

ကွဲ • (kwai:)

Burmese verb set

Base	ကွဲ (kwai:)
Causative	ခွဲ (hkwai:)

1. to be broken
2. to become separated; be dispersed
3. to explode, burst
4. to split
5. to differ, vary

References

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

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

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

Noun

ကွဲ • (kweh)

1. a kind of bee, Apis cerana