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ကိုး

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (kûi "trust, rely, reeive (sic) as teacher"). Luce gives Old Chinese (OC *ɡaːʔ, “to rely on”) as cognate.[1]

Verb

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ကိုး (kui:)

  1. to trust in, rely on
    Synonyms: ဆည်းကပ် (hcany:kap), မှီခို (hmihkui)
  2. to refer to
  3. to make an offering to a nat or spirit
  4. to dedicate some money as token offertory to a nat spirit
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Etymology 2

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See below for more.

Particle

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ကိုး (kui:)

  1. emphatic particle suffixed to words (same as ကို (kui))
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Etymology 3

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Burmese numbers (edit)
 ←  8
9
10  → [a], [b], [c]
    Cardinal: ကိုး (kui:)
    Ordinal: နဝမ (na.wa.ma.)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d/s-kəw (nine).

Numeral

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ကိုး (kui:) (digit )

  1. nine
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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UIW Finals (6. to Trust, Rely on; to Worship)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 27

Further reading

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  • ကိုး” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 204.
  • ကိုး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.