ကူး

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word ကူး. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word ကူး, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say ကူး in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word ကူး you have here. The definition of the word ကူး will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofကူး, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: ကူ

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g(o/a)w (“to cross over”). Cognate with Jingpho (gau, “idem”), as well as the Sinitic word family including Old Chinese 遘 (OC *koːs, *koːs, “to meet”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

Verb

ကူး • (ku:)

  1. to cross over, cross (a street, etc.)
    လမ်းကူး ― lam:ku: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. to swim
    ရေကူး ― reku: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. to copy, transcribe a written script, make a copy of a photograph
    စာကူး ― caku: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    ဓာတ်ပုံကူး ― dhatpumku: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. to spread
    ရောဂါကူး ― rau:gaku: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  5. to spread, light a fire using a spill or taper
    မီးကူး ― mi:ku: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  6. to change (from one season to another)
    ဆောင်းကူး ― hcaung:ku: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    မိုးကူး ― mui:ku: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

Further reading

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ကူး • (koö)

  1. to cut, slice

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ကူး • (koö)

  1. to cough
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia