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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (khu⁵⁵ "fill (a bowl with rice)"). The "support", "be dissatisfied", and "fill" meanings are considered etymologically united by MED. For the "prop up, support" sense, Luce compares Old Chinese靠 (OC *kʰuːɡs, “to lean on, recline; to depend on”).[1]”
to be filling (until it's not enough to change the rice)
Etymology 2
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (khuʼ "unit (unit, an individual thing)"). Luce compares Old Chinese䇢 (“bamboo”), which appears to be a typo on his part; he was most likely referring to 箇 (OC *kaːls, “unit, generic classifier”), though considering the "bamboo" semantics of the Chinese term which are lacking in the Burmese, this connection seems more tenuous (unless the Burmese term is a more recent loan from Sinitic).[2]”
Used with nouns that cannot be assigned to another classifier, and sometimes with nouns that could have been assigned to another classifier.
Etymology 3
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What is this? Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or MED. Equivalent to Etymology 2 (suggested by Luce's gloss of "numeral suffix" for Etym 2)?”
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (jɑ⁵³ khu⁵³ "now"), nor by Luce.”)
^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-U Finals (9. a Prop; to Prop up)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 31
^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-U Finals (10. Unit; Numeral Suffix”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 31