ကို
Burmese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kò/
- Romanization: MLCTS: kui • ALA-LC: kui • BGN/PCGN: ko • Okell: kou
Noun
ကို • (kui)
- (honorific) Form of address for younger men
- ကို ဇေယျာ သော်
- kui jeyya sau
- Ko Zayar Thaw
Coordinate terms
References
- “ကို” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Etymology 2
From Old Burmese ကိုဝ် (kuiw)
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respellings: ကို, ဂို
- IPA(key): /kò/, /ɡò/
- Romanization: MLCTS: kui • ALA-LC: kui • BGN/PCGN: ko/go • Okell: kou/kou
Particle
ကို • (kui)
- indicates a direct or indirect object
- ကင်မရာကို ခပ်ဝေးဝေးမှာ ထားပါ။
- kangma.rakui hkap-we:we:hma hta:pa||
- Put the camera at a fair distance.
- ငါ့ကို များများ ပေးပါး။
- nga.kui mya:mya: pe:pa:||
- Give me a lot.
- အမေ့ကို ထမင်းချက်ဖို့ ပြောထားသေးလား။
- a.me.kui hta.mang:hkyakhpui. prau:hta:se:la:||
- Did you tell mother to cook?
Usage notes
Triggers induced creaky tone of a preceding low tone in pronouns and personal referents. Often omitted, especially in the colloquial language.
Postposition
ကို • (kui)
- to (indicating a destination), in, at
- ဘယ်တုန်းက ဒီမြို့ကို ရောက်သလဲ။
- bhaitun:ka. di-mrui.kui rauksa.lai:||
- When did you arrive in this town?
Usage notes
References
- Pain, Frederic. "Towards a panchronic perspective on a diachronic issue: the rhyme<-uiw> in Old Burmese." Australian Journal of Linguistics 37.4 (2017): 424-464.
References
- “ကို” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- “ကို” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.