Pa'o Karen edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ခီ (transliteration needed)

  1. barking deer

S'gaw Karen edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Western Pwo ခီၫ.

Noun edit

ခီ (khaw)

  1. side

Classifier edit

ခီ (khaw)

  1. Classifier for sides or parts of a pair or set.
    ထိးအခီၣ်အိၣ်လွံၢ်ခီ.
    hṭoḧ ʼa khaẁ ʼoh̀ lwee̱khaw.
    Pigs have four legs.
    .