ကေ
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kè/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ke • ALA-LC: ke • BGN/PCGN: ke • Okell: kei
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Pali kesa. Doublet of ကေသ (kesa.) and ကေသာ (kesa).
Noun
ကေ • (ke)
Derived terms
- ဗိုလ်ကေ (builke, “cropped hair”)
Proper noun
ကေ • (ke)
- a female given name from Pali
Etymology 2
Noun
ကေ • (ke)
Alternative forms
Pronoun
ကေ
- Burmese script form of ke, which is nominative/accusative plural of က (ka, “who (m.)”)
Etymology
From Proto-Karen *keᴬ (“tiger”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *khe⁴ (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-k(e/ə)j (“tiger”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen ခ့ (khay).
Pronunciation
Noun
ကေ (transliteration needed)
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