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ကွေ့

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kwḛ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kwe. • ALA-LC: kveʹ • BGN/PCGN: kwe. • Okell: kweí

Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Which ethnic group in Shan State is this referring? Are they a Shan sub-tribe? Or a Mon-Khmer tribe? Or even a different ethnolinguistic group?”

Noun

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ကွေ့ (kwe.)

  1. one of the racial groups once inhabiting some areas of the Shan State

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *koj (to bend; curved; lap; bosom); compare perhaps Old Chinese (OC *kʰrolʔ, *ɡrolʔ, “to kneel”) (STEDT). See also ခွေ (hkwe, to coil).

Verb

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ကွေ့ (kwe.)

  1. to turn, veer

Noun

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ကွေ့ (kwe.)

  1. a curve, bend, turn
  2. a gulf

Derived terms

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Further reading

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