ကော
Burmese
Pronunciation
(after /ʔ/)
- IPA(key): /kɔ́/
- Romanization: MLCTS: kau: • ALA-LC: ko • BGN/PCGN: kaw: • Okell: kò
(after a vowel or /ɴ/)
- Phonetic respelling: ဂေါ
- IPA(key): /ɡɔ́/
- Romanization: MLCTS: kau: • ALA-LC: ko • BGN/PCGN: gaw: • Okell: kò
Particle
ကော • (kau:)
- and what about? (used to apply an already asked question to a new topic)
- ခင်ဗျားကော ဘာလူမျိုးလဲ(after already answering the same question about oneself)
- hkangbya:kau: bhalu-myui:lai:
- And where are you from?
Mon
Etymology
Borrowed from Burmese ကို (kui).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kao/
Noun
ကော (kao)
- elder brother
References
- Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- ko (Latin script)
- 𑀓𑁄 (Brahmi script)
- को (Devanagari script)
- কো (Bengali script)
- කො (Sinhalese script)
- ၵေႃ (Burmese script)
- โก (Thai script)
- ᨠᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ໂກ (Lao script)
- កោ (Khmer script)
- 𑄇𑄮 (Chakma script)
Pronoun
ကော (ko)
- Burmese script form of ko, which is nominative singular of က (ka, “who (m.)”)