ခိုး

Burmese

Etymology

From Old Burmese ခိုဝ်း (khuiw), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꈐ (ku), ꈏꐷ (kux njie, “to steal”), Lolopo ker (“to steal”), Naxi kv (“to steal”), Jingpho lägu (“to steal”), Drung keu (“to steal”), Yakkha खुमा (khuma, “to steal”), Tibetan རྐུ (rku, “to steal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰó/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hkui: • ALA-LC: khuiʺ • BGN/PCGN: hko: • Okell: hkoù

Verb

ခိုး • (hkui:)

1. to steal; to pilfer

Synonyms

• ဗုန်း (bun:)

Further reading

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

References

• Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.