ခိုး

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See also: ခို

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰó/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkui: • ALA-LC: khuiʺ • BGN/PCGN: hko: • Okell: hkoù

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Burmese ခိုဝ်း (khuiw), from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *kəw² (“to steal”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-kəw ~ hu (“to steal”). Cognate with Nuosu ꈐ (ku), ꈏꐷ (kux njie, “to steal”), Lolopo ker (“to steal”), Naxi kv (“to steal”), Jingpho lägu (“to steal”), Drung keu (“to steal”), Yakkha खुमा (khuma, “to steal”), Tibetan རྐུ (rku, “to steal”), Old Chinese 寇 (OC *kʰoːs, “to rob”) (STEDT).

Verb

ခိုး • (hkui:)

  1. to steal, pilfer, burgle
  2. to carry (someone) off (to marry), abduct
  3. to imitate, copy, pirate
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Etymology 2

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *kəw² (“smoke”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kəw-n/t (“idem”). Cognate with the second syllable of Jingpho (wan-khut, “smoke”), Old Chinese 熏 (OC *qʰun, “to smoke, steam, ablaze”) (STEDT).

Verb

ခိုး • (hkui:)

  1. (of smoke) to cause the eyes to smart and sting
  2. (in compounds) smoke
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Further reading

  • “ခိုး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.
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