ခိုး
Burmese
Etymology
From Old Burmese ခိုဝ်း (khuiw), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-kəw ~ hu (“to steal”). Cognate with Sichuan Yi ꈐ (ku), ꈏꐷ (kux njie, “to steal”), Lolopo ker (“to steal”), Naxi kv (“to steal”), Jingpho lägu (“to steal”), Drung keu (“to steal”), Yakkha खुमा (khuma, “to steal”), Tibetan རྐུ (rku, “to steal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰó/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hkui: • ALA-LC: khuiʺ • BGN/PCGN: hko: • Okell: hkoù
Verb
ခိုး • (hkui:)
- to steal; to pilfer
Synonyms
- ဗုန်း (bun:)
Derived terms
- သူခိုး (suhkui:)
References
- Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.
Further reading
- “ခိုး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.