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Burmese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Pali kesa. Doublet of ကေသ (kesa.) and ကေသာ (kesa).
Noun
ကေ • (ke)
- hair
Derived terms
Proper noun
ကေ • (ke)
- a female given name from Pali
Etymology 2
From English kay.
Noun
ကေ • (ke)
- the Latin letter K/k.
Pali
Alternative scripts
- ke (Latin script)
- 𑀓𑁂 (Brahmi script)
- के (Devanagari script)
- কে (Bengali script)
- කෙ (Sinhalese script)
- ၵေ (Burmese script)
- เก (Thai script)
- ᨠᩮ (Tai Tham script)
- ເກ (Lao script)
- កេ (Khmer script)
- 𑄇𑄬 (Chakma script)
Pronoun
ကေ
- Burmese script form of ke, which is nominative/accusative plural of က (ka, “who (m.)”)
Pa'o Karen
Etymology
From Proto-Karen *keᴬ (“tiger”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *khe⁴ (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-k(e/ə)j (“tiger”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen ခ့ (khay).
Pronunciation
- (Northern & Southern Pa'o) IPA(key): /ke̤³¹/
Noun
ကေ (transliteration needed)
- tiger