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ကြော်

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕɔ̀/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: krau • ALA-LC: kroʻ • BGN/PCGN: kyaw • Okell: co

Etymology 1

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Apparently from a Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k/ʔ-r(ə/a)w (to fry, roast, cook) (STEDT #5862, though none of its reflexes have been hyperlinked to it within the STEDT database). Compare Old Chinese (OC *keːws, *kreːwʔ, “to burn (on a pyre)”), (OC *rew, *rewʔ, *rews, “to hunt at night with torches, burn, make burnt offering”). Despite superficial similarity, apparently unrelated to (OC *sʰroːʔ, “to stir-fry”).

Verb

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ကြော် (krau)

  1. to fry
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Etymology 2

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Apparently from a Proto-Lolo-Burmese *graw¹ (to shout, call out), with the only deduced cognate being Lahu [script needed] (, to call) (STEDT).

Verb

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ကြော် (krau)

  1. to shout loudly
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Further reading

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