ခီ

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Pa'o Karen

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Etymology

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From Proto-Karen *d-khejᴬ (barking deer).

Pronunciation

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  • (Northern & Southern Pa'o) IPA(key): /kʰi̤³¹/

Noun

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ခီ (transliteration needed)

  1. barking deer

S'gaw Karen

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Western Pwo ခီၫ.

Noun

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ခီ (khaw)

  1. side

Classifier

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ခီ (khaw)

  1. Classifier for sides or parts of a pair or set.
    ထိးအခီၣ်အိၣ်လွံၢ်ခီ.
    hṭoḧ ʼa khaẁ ʼoh̀ lwee̱khaw.
    Pigs have four legs.
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Etymology 2

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Cognate with Eastern Pwo ခင့် (khâɴ).

Verb

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ခီ (khaw)

  1. to cross