ချို

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Burmese

Etymology 1

ချို

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krəw (“horn”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဂျို
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʑò/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkyui • ALA-LC: khyui • BGN/PCGN: gyo • Okell: hcou

Noun

ချို • (hkyui)

  1. horn (hard growth of keratin), antler
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kyəw (“sweet”). Cognate with Nuosu ꐔ (qy, “sweet”), Lolopo ci (“sweet”), Rawang kí and Naxi qiq (“sweet”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰò/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkyui • ALA-LC: khyui • BGN/PCGN: cho • Okell: hcou

Adjective

ချို • (hkyui)

  1. sweet
  2. mellifluous
  3. pleasant (of a face)
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 3

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (ze⁵⁵ tɕho²² "cheap"), and Luce adduces no cognates.[1] Semantic extension of the "sweet" sense in Etymology 2 ("sweet" > "gentle" > "abated" > "deficient, low-priced")?”

Verb

ချို • (hkyui)

  1. to decrease in intensity, abate
  2. to be low-priced, be a bargain
  3. (colloquial) to not do anything to the fullest extent; to not go full out
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UIW Finals (15. to be Deficient; Defective; Some)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 27

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