Burmese edit

Etymology edit

ငါး (nga:, fish) +‎ ခူ (hku); compare the second element with Proto-Karen *kuᴬ/ᴮ (whence the ကိၣ် (koh̀) in S'gaw Karen ညၣ်ကိၣ် (nyà koh̀, catfish)).

Pronunciation edit

  • Phonetic respelling: ငါး'ခူ
  • IPA(key): /ŋəkʰù/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: nga:hku • ALA-LC: ṅāʺkhū • BGN/PCGN: ngăhku • Okell: ngăhku

Noun edit

ငါးခူ (nga:hku) (classifier ကောင်)

  1. catfish