ကော်

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Burmese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 膠 (MC kaew, “glue”). Cognate with Thai กาว (gaao), Lao ກາວ (kāo), Khmer កាវ (kaaw), Vietnamese keo.

Pronunciation

Noun

ကော် • (kau)

  1. glue; gum; paste
  2. synthetic material such as celluloid, plastic, etc.
  3. open floral design tattooed on the mid of the thigh

Derived terms

Verb

ကော် • (kau)

  1. to lever up
  2. (slang, figuratively) to make a lucky strike

References

Mon

Verb

ကော် (kok)

  1. to call name summon.
    အဲကော်ဍေံဟွံကၠုၚ်။
    ʼoa kok ḍeṃ hwaṃ kluṅ.
    He won't come when I call him.

Sanskrit

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