ကော်ဖီ

Burmese

ကော်ဖီတစ်ခွက် (kauhpitachkwak, “A cup of coffee”)

Etymology

Borrowed from English coffee, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̀pʰì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: kauhpi • ALA-LC: koʻphī • BGN/PCGN: kawhpi • Okell: kohpi

Noun

ကော်ဖီ • (kauhpi)

1. coffee

Descendants

• → Rawang: gopi

References

• “ကော်ဖီ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.