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ချော

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See also: ချော်

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰɔ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkyau: • ALA-LC: khyo • BGN/PCGN: chaw: • Okell: hcò

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 (khyô "smooth, fine, handsome). Luce's tentative comparison with Old Chinese (OC *ɡruːd, *kuːd, *ɡuːd, “to slide; smooth”) is phonetically unconvincing.[1]

Adjective

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ချော (hkyau:)

  1. slippery
  2. smooth, fine, nice
  3. handsome

Verb

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ချော (hkyau:)

  1. to smooth
  2. to finish
  3. (colloquial) to lose all

Proper noun

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ချော (hkyau:)

  1. a unisex given name

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Hindi छप (chap, print, stamp).

Noun

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ချော (hkyau:)

  1. conveyance by stages
  2. (same as ချောစာ (hkyau:ca)) a dispatch
Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981), “-AW Finals (13. to Slip; Slippery)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 24

Further reading

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