ခီ

Pa'o Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *d-khejᴬ (“barking deer”).

Pronunciation

• (Northern & Southern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /kʰi̤³¹/

Noun

ခီ (transliteration needed)

1. barking deer

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

Cognate with Western Pwo ခီၫ.

Noun

ခီ • (khaw)

1. side

Classifier

ခီ • (khaw)

1. Classifier for sides or parts of a pair or set.

   ထိးအခီၣ်အိၣ်လွံၢ်ခီ.

   hṭoḧ ʼa khaẁ ʼoh̀ lwee̱khaw.

   Pigs have four legs.

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Etymology 2

Cognate with Eastern Pwo ခင့် (khâɴ).

Verb

ခီ • (khaw)

1. to cross