ကူ

Burmese

Etymology

Likely inherited from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *N-gu (“to help”). Compare with Chinese 救 (jiù, “help”), Chinese 求 (qiú, “ask”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kù/

Romanization: MLCTS: ku • ALA-LC: kū • BGN/PCGN: ku • Okell: ku

Verb

ကူ • (ku)

to help, to aid
to coo

See also

ကူညီ (ku-nyi)

References

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

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