ခိၣ်

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *khuᴮ (“head”). Cognate with Eastern Pwo ခေါဟ် (khʊ́), Western Pwo ခိၪ (kʰò).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰò/

Noun

ခိၣ် • (khoh̀)

1. a head; the part of the body containing the brain, eyes and mouth.
2. a leader; the head of a group of people, organization, etcetera.

Compounds

• ကၠိခိၣ် (kyoh khoh̀)
• ကီၢ်ရ့ၣ်ခိၣ် (kaw̱ raỳ khoh̀)
• ခိၣ်ဆါ (khoh̀ hsah)
• သုးခိၣ် (thü khoh̀)

Classifier

ခိၣ် • (khoh̀)

1. Classifier for vehicles.
2. Classifier for trees and bushes.

   Synonym: ထူၣ် (hṭoò)