အကူ

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ ကူ (ku, “to help”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'ကူ
• IPA^(key): /ʔəkù/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.ku • ALA-LC: ʼakū • BGN/PCGN: ăku • Okell: ăku

Noun

အကူ • (a.ku)

1. help; assistance; succor
2. helper; aide; assistant

Derived terms

• အကူတပ် (a.kutap)
• အကူအညီ (a.kua.nyi)
• အကူအပံ့ (a.kua.pam.)
• အကူအမ (a.kua.ma.)
• အထောက်အကူ (a.htauk-a.ku)

 

Further reading

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