ကိုယ်

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Yao'an Lolopo ggechir (“body”), Tangut 𘓷 (*kwər¹, “body”), Tibetan སྐུ (sku, “body”), Chinese 軀 (OC *kʰo), Drung vnggeu (“body”), shigeu (“corpse”).

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: ကို

IPA^(key): /kò/

Romanization: MLCTS: kuiy • ALA-LC: kuiyʻ • BGN/PCGN: ko • Okell: kou

Noun

ကိုယ် • (kuiy)

(anatomy) body; torso

Synonyms

ကာယ (kaya.)

Pronoun

ကိုယ် • (kuiy)

I; me

Further reading

“ကိုယ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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