ကော်ဖီ

Burmese

ကော်ဖီ တစ်ခွက် (kauhpi tachkwak, “A cup of coffee”)

Etymology

Borrowing from Dutch koffie, also influenced by English coffee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̀pʰì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: kauhpi • ALA-LC: koʻphī • BGN/PCGN: kawhpi • Okell: kohpi

Noun

ကော်ဖီ • (kauhpi)

1. coffee

Descendants

• → Rawang: gopi

References

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