ခခွေး

Burmese

Etymology

ခ (hka.) +‎ ခွေး (hkwe:, “dog”), likely referring to the similarity of the letter's shape to that of a dog's head and muzzle.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ခဂွေး
  • IPA(key): /kʰa̰ɡwé/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hka.hkwe: • ALA-LC: khakhveʺ • BGN/PCGN: hka.gwe: • Okell: hkáhkweì

Noun

ခခွေး • (hka.hkwe:)

  1. name of the letter ခ, the second letter of the Myanmar alphabet

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