ကိုကို
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Burmese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Reduplicated form of Burmese ကို (kui), which is inherited from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *(g/k)əw-n (“elder brother, senior male relative”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /kòkò/
- Romanization: MLCTS: kuikui • ALA-LC: kuikui • BGN/PCGN: koko • Okell: koukou
Noun[edit]
ကိုကို • (kuikui)
- (honorific) term of endearment applied to one's elder brother or to a male older than oneself
Coordinate terms[edit]
- မမ (ma.ma.)
References[edit]
- “ကိုကို” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.