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Burmese

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ခွေး

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Burmese ခုယ်း (khuy), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-kʷəj-n (dog). Compare Tibetan ཁྱི (khyi, idem), Old Chinese (OC *kʰʷeːnʔ, “idem”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kʰwé/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkwe: • ALA-LC: khveʺ • BGN/PCGN: hkwe: • Okell: hkweì

Noun

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ခွေး (hkwe:)

  1. dog

Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • ခွေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • Nishi, Y. (1999). Old Burmese: toward the history of Burmese. Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology, 23(3), 659-692.