ကွေ့

See also: ကွေ, ကွေး, and ခွေ

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwḛ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kwe. • ALA-LC: kveʹ • BGN/PCGN: kwe. • Okell: kweí

Etymology 1

Noun

ကွေ့ • (kwe.)

  1. one of the racial groups once inhabiting some areas of the Shan State

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *koj (“to bend; curved; lap; bosom”); compare perhaps Old Chinese 跪 (OC *kʰrolʔ, *ɡrolʔ, “to kneel”) (STEDT). See also ခွေ (hkwe, “to coil”).

Verb

ကွေ့ • (kwe.)

  1. to turn, veer

Noun

ကွေ့ • (kwe.)

  1. a curve, bend, turn
  2. a gulf

Derived terms

  • ကွေ့ကောက် (kwe.kauk)
  • ကွေ့လည်ကြောင်ပတ် (kwe.lanykraungpat)
  • ကွေ့ဝိုက် (kwe.wuik)
  • ကောက်ကွေ့ (kaukkwe.)
  • ဂငယ်ကွေ့ (ga.ngai-kwe.)
  • ပင်လယ်ကွေ့ (panglai-kwe.)
  • ပစောက်ကွေ့ (pa.caukkwe.)

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