ခဲအို
Burmese
Etymology
Apparently from a component ခဲ (hkai:), probably related to the first syllable of ခယ်မ (hkaima.), + အို (ui, “old”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰɛ́ʔò/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hkai:ui • ALA-LC: khaiʼui • BGN/PCGN: hkè:o • Okell: hkèou
Noun
ခဲအို • (hkai:ui)
- brother-in-law, specifically, elder sister's husband, or husband's elder brother
Synonyms
- အနောင် (a.naung)
Coordinate terms
- ခယ်မ (hkaima., “sister-in-law (wife's younger sister)”)
- ချွေးမ (hkywe:ma., “daughter-in-law”)
- ခဲအို (hkai:ui, “brother-in-law (older sister's husband)”)
- မတ် (mat, “brother-in-law (husband's younger brother)”)
- မရီး (ma.ri:, “sister-in-law (older brother's wife)”)
- ယောက္ခထီး (yaukhka.hti:, “father-in-law”)
- ယောက္ခမ (yaukhka.ma., “mother-in-law”)
- ယောက်ဖ (yaukhpa., “brother-in-law (general)”)
- ယောင်းမ (yaung:ma., “sister-in-law (general)”)
- သားမက် (sa:mak, “son-in-law”)
Further reading
- “ခဲအို” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.