ကော်

Burmese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 膠 (MC kˠau, “glue”). Cognate with Thai กาว (gaao), Lao ກາວ (kāo), Khmer កាវ (kaaw), Vietnamese keo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ̀/

Romanization: MLCTS: kau • ALA-LC: koʻ • BGN/PCGN: kaw • Okell: ko

Noun

ကော် • (kau)

glue; gum; paste
synthetic material such as celluloid, plastic, etc.
open floral design tattooed on the mid of the thigh

Derived terms

ကော်ပြန့် (kau-pran.)
ကော်ရစ် (kaurac)
ကော်ရည်ခေါက်ဆွဲ (kauranyhkaukhcwai:)

Verb

ကော် • (kau)

to lever up
(slang, figuratively) to make a lucky strike

References

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

Mon

Verb

ကော် (kok)

to call name summon.
အဲကော်ဍေံဟွံကၠုၚ်။
ʼoa kok ḍeṃ hwaṃ kluṅ.
He won't come when I call him.

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