ကိုကို

Burmese

Etymology

Reduplicated form of Burmese ကို (kui), which is inherited from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *(g/k)əw-n (“elder brother, senior male relative”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kòkò/
• Romanization: MLCTS: kuikui • ALA-LC: kuikui • BGN/PCGN: koko • Okell: koukou

Noun

ကိုကို • (kuikui)

1. (honorific) term of endearment applied to one's elder brother or to a male older than oneself

Coordinate terms

• မမ (ma.ma.)

References

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