ကိုယ်
Burmese
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Yao'an Lolopo ggechir (“body”), Tangut 𘓷 (/*kwər¹/, “body”), Tibetan སྐུ (sku, “body”), Chinese 軀 (OC *kʰo), Drung vnggeu (“body”), shigeu (“corpse”).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: ကို
- IPA(key): /kò/
- Romanization: MLCTS: kuiy • ALA-LC: kuiyʻ • BGN/PCGN: ko • Okell: kou
Noun
ကိုယ် • (kuiy)
- (anatomy) body; torso
Synonyms
- ကာယ (kaya.)
Pronoun
ကိုယ် • (kuiy)
- I; me
Further reading
- “ကိုယ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.