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From Proto-Mon-Khmer *pkaaw ~ *pkaʔ. Cognate with Nyah Kur กาว, Khmer ផ្កា (phkaa), Bahnar pơkao. Doublet of ပ္ကဴ.
ကဴ (kao)
- flower.
ကဴ (kao)
- to flower blossom.
တၞံဇမ္ပတရပ်သ္ၚိမၞးတံဂှ် ကဴဣရဟာ။- tnaṃjampatarapsṅimnaḥtaṃgh kaoʼirahā.
- Has the champa tree near your house bloomed yet?