ခကွေး

Burmese

Etymology

ခ (hka.) +‎ ကွေး (kwe:, “curved”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ခဂွေး
• IPA^(key): /kʰa̰ɡwé/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hka.kwe: • ALA-LC: khakveʺ • BGN/PCGN: hka.gwe: • Okell: hkákweì

Noun

ခကွေး • (hka.kwe:)

1. name of the letter ခ, the second letter of the Myanmar alphabet

See also

• ခ (hka.)

References

• “ခကွေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.