ကူး

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g(o/a)w (“to cross over”). Cognate with Jingpho [script needed] (gau, “idem”), as well as the Sinitic word family including Old Chinese 遘 (OC *koːs, *koːs, “to meet”) (STEDT).

• IPA^(key): /kú/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ku: • ALA-LC: kūʺ • BGN/PCGN: ku: • Okell: kù

ကူး • (ku:)

1. to cross over, cross (a street, etc.)

   လမ်းကူး ― lam:ku: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. to swim

   ရေကူး ― reku: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. to copy, transcribe a written script, make a copy of a photograph

   စာကူး ― caku: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   ဓာတ်ပုံကူး ― dhatpumku: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. to spread

   ရောဂါကူး ― rau:gaku: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. to spread, light a fire using a spill or taper

   မီးကူး ― mi:ku: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. to change (from one season to another)

   ဆောင်းကူး ― hcaung:ku: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   မိုးကူး ― mui:ku: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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

Cognate with Eastern Pwo ကုဂ် (kàʊ).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ကူး • (koö)

1. to cut, slice

Cognate with Eastern Pwo ကုဂ် (kàʊ).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ကူး • (koö)

1. to cough