အခု

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See also: အခိုး, အခြား, and အချို့

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respellings: အ'ခု, အ'ဂု
  • IPA(key): /ʔəkʰṵ/, /ʔəɡṵ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.hku. • ALA-LC: ʼakhu • BGN/PCGN: ăhku./ăgu. • Okell: ăhkú/ăhkú

Etymology 1

Colloquial form of ယခု (ya.hku., “now”).

Adverb

အခု • (a.hku.)

  1. (colloquial) now (at the present time)

Noun

အခု • (a.hku.)

  1. (colloquial) now; the present
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Etymology 2

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ ခု (hku., “to prop up, place a support under”).

Noun

အခု • (a.hku.)

  1. pad; cushion; support
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