ကော

Burmese

Pronunciation

(after /ʔ/)

  • IPA(key): /kɔ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kau: • ALA-LC: ko • BGN/PCGN: kaw: • Okell:

(after a vowel or /ɴ/)

  • Phonetic respelling: ဂေါ
  • IPA(key): /ɡɔ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kau: • ALA-LC: ko • BGN/PCGN: gaw: • Okell: kò

Particle

ကော • (kau:)

  1. and what about? (used to apply an already asked question to a new topic)
    ခင်ဗျားကော ဘာလူမျိုးလဲ
    hkangbya:kau: bhalu-myui:lai:
    And where are you from?
    (after already answering the same question about oneself)

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ကို (kui).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kao/

Noun

ကော (kao)

  1. elder brother

References

  • Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Pali

Alternative forms

Pronoun

ကော

  1. Burmese script form of ko, which is nominative singular of က (ka, who (m.))
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