ကၠဵု

Mon

Alternative forms
  • ကၠိုဝ်[1]

Etymology

Cognate to Nyah Kur [script needed] (chur¹).[2] Compare Khmer ក្លើ (klaə, “close friend”), Thai เกลอ (gləə, “close friend”).

Pronunciation
  • (Myanmar) IPA(key): /klɜ/
  • (Thailand) IPA(key): /klə/[3], /klɔː/
  • Mon Te(file)
  • Mon Ye(file)
  • Mon Korea(file)

Noun

ကၠဵု (kluiw)[2]

  1. dog.

References
  1. Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language‎, Rangoon: American Mission Press, page 42
  2. Peiros, Ilia (1998) Comparative Linguistics in Southeast Asia (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-142)‎, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 250
  3. Sujaritlak Deepadung (1996) “Mon at Nong Duu, Lamphun Province”, in Mon-Khmer Studies‎, volume 26, page 415 of 411–418
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