ကိုကို

Burmese

Etymology

Reduplicated form of Burmese ကို (kui), which is inherited from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *(g/k)əw-n (“elder brother, senior male relative”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kòkò/

Romanization: MLCTS: kuikui • ALA-LC: kuikui • BGN/PCGN: koko • Okell: koukou

Noun

ကိုကို • (kuikui)

(honorific) term of endearment applied to one's elder brother or to a male older than oneself

Coordinate terms

မမ (ma.ma.)

References

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

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