ကော

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See also: ကော်

Burmese

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Unclear if mentioned by STEDT, and Luce 1981 doesn't mention this.”)

Pronunciation

Verb

ကော • (kau:)

  1. to silt up
  2. to head towards extinction, become obsolescent, lie dormant
  3. to become no longer useful
  4. to be self-assertive
Derived terms

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “MED has this as two senses - which one does the "and what about" belong to? the "inclusion particle" sense or the "emphasis particle" sense? Or is it something totally different?”

Pronunciation

(after /ʔ/)

(after a vowel or /ɴ/)

  • Phonetic respelling: ဂေါ
  • IPA(key): /ɡɔ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kau: • ALA-LC: ko • BGN/PCGN: gaw: • Okell: kò

Particle

ကော • (kau:)

  1. and what about? (used to apply an already asked question to a new topic)
    ခင်ဗျားကော ဘာလူမျိုးလဲ
    hkangbya:kau: bhalu-myui:lai:
    And where are you from?
    (after already answering the same question about oneself)
  2. particle suffixed to nouns denoting inclusion
  3. particle prefixed to interrogative phrases to denote inclusion: also
  4. particle placed at or near the end of a phrase or sentence as emphasis
Derived terms

Further reading

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ကို (kui).

Pronunciation

Noun

ကော (kao)

  1. elder brother

References

  • Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Pronoun

ကော

  1. Burmese script form of ko, which is nominative singular of က (ka, “who (m.)”)
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