ငါးခူ

Burmese

Etymology

ငါး (nga:, “fish”) +‎ ခူ (hku); compare the second element with Proto-Karen *kuᴬ/ᴮ (whence the ကိၣ် (koh̀) in S'gaw Karen ညၣ်ကိၣ် (nyà koh̀, “catfish”)).

Pronunciation
  • Phonetic respelling: ငါး'ခူ
  • IPA(key): /ŋəkʰù/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: nga:hku • ALA-LC: ṅāʺkhū • BGN/PCGN: ngăhku • Okell: ngăhku

Noun

ငါးခူ • (nga:hku) (classifier ကောင်)

  1. catfish
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