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ခို

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See also: ခိုး

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kʰò/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkui • ALA-LC: khui • BGN/PCGN: hko • Okell: hkou

Etymology 1

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According to STEDT, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-k(r)ew (dove, pigeon), whence also ချိုး (hkyui:, dove) and Chinese (OC *[k](r)u) (B-S). Said Sino-Tibetan root appears to be onomatopoeic; compare also Thai เขา (kǎo), Vietnamese cu, English coo.

Noun

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ခို (hkui)

  1. pigeon
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Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (khui "take shelter, refuge"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Doesn't seem to resemble much in Sinitic; words like Old Chinese (OC *ɡaːw, “trench, moat; air-raid shelter”) do not match strongly, either phonetically or semantically.”

Verb

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ခို (hkui)

  1. to take refuge or shelter, seek protection
  2. to cling to
  3. to shirk (work)
  4. to give or put in less than the right amount
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Further reading

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