ကွဲ

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Burmese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Doublet of ခွဲ (hkwai:).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kwɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kwai: • ALA-LC: kvai • BGN/PCGN: kwè: • Okell: kwè

Noun[edit]

ကွဲ (kwai:)

  1. mooring post for rafts

Verb[edit]

ကွဲ (kwai:)

Burmese verb set
Base ကွဲ (kwai:)
Causativeခွဲ (hkwai:)
  1. to be broken
  2. to become separated; be dispersed
  3. to explode, burst
  4. to split
  5. to differ, vary

References[edit]

S'gaw Karen[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Karen *kwatᴰ (bee (Apis cerana)).

Noun[edit]

ကွဲ (kweh)

  1. a kind of bee, Apis cerana