အစ်ကို
Burmese
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: အ'ကို
- IPA(key): /ʔəkò/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ackui • ALA-LC: ʼacʻkui • BGN/PCGN: ăko • Okell: ăkou
Noun
အစ်ကို • (ackui) (classifier အ'ကို)
- elder brother
- elder brother of a female
Usage notes
The term has largely displaced နောင် (naung), which in pre-colonial times referenced the elder brother of a male.
Derived terms
- ညီအစ်ကို (nyiackui)
- မယားညီအစ်ကို (ma.ya:nyiackui)
References
- “အစ်ကို” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.