ခု

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰṵ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hku. • ALA-LC: khu • BGN/PCGN: hku. • Okell: hkú

Verb

ခု • (hku.)

1. to be supported by something (coming) from below
2. to be dissatisfied with (someone)
3. to be filling (until it's not enough to change the rice)

Noun

ခု • (hku.)

1. the first term in a tenfold sequence starting with ခု (hku.), ဆယ် (hcai), the first number
2. year

Classifier

ခု • (hku.)

1. generic classifier used to count nouns

   မျက်မှန် တစ်ခု

   myakhman tachku.

   one pair of glasses

   စကားပုံ နှစ်ခု

   ca.ka:pum hnachku.

   two proverbs

   ကုလားထိုင် သုံးခု

   ku.la:htuing sum:hku.

   three chairs

   လက်မှတ် လေးခု

   lakhmat le:hku.

   four tickets

Noun

ခု • (hku.)

1. recently, now.

Usage notes

Used with nouns that cannot be assigned to another classifier, and sometimes with nouns that could have been assigned to another classifier.

Mon

Verb

ခု (khu)

1. to prop by a short prop or fulcrum.