khoʼ

Lashi

Etymology

Cognate with Burmese ကွဲ (kwai:).

Pronunciation

  • (Waingmaw) IPA(key): [kʰɔʔ˥˩]
  • Hyphenation: khoʼ

Verb

khoʼ

  1. (transitive) to split; to separate
    • 2005, “Apoem ayang꞉ 1:4 [Genesis 1:4]”, in Jhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible]‎[1], page 2:
      Houg꞉ lho꞉ nyang꞉ gi booˮ bang ri moug꞉ coid mo khoʼ pyam
      Then he split the light from the darkness

References

  • Mark Wannemacher (2011) A phonological overview of the Lacid language[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University., page 28