ခေါ်

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)aw (“to call”). Compare Kinnauri ku, Nùng go, Old Chinese 號 (OC *ɦlaːw, *ɦlaːws, “name; to shout, cry”) (STEDT). The extension of the meaning ‘shout, call’ to ‘ask, request’ is parallel to ခေါ် (hkau).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hkau • ALA-LC: khoʻ • BGN/PCGN: hkaw • Okell: hko

Verb

ခေါ် • (hkau)

1. to name, be called (have a specific name)

   ဒီလမ်းနာမည် ဘယ်လိုခေါ်သလဲ။

   dilam:namany bhailuihkausa.lai:||

   What is this street called?

2. to call or beckon to someone; to fetch or send for someone
3. to call out to someone by name
4. to call (a meeting)
5. (colloquial) to be on speaking terms
6. to take or bring (someone) along

Adverb

ခေါ် • (hkau)

1. otherwise (called); as an alias

Derived terms

• ကျောင်းခေါ်ကြိမ် (kyaung:hkau-krim)
• ခွေးခေါ်ရစ် (hkwe:hkaurac)
• ခေါ်ခေါ်ပြောပြော (hkauhkau-prau:prau:)
• ခေါ်ဆောင် (hkauhcaung)
• ခေါ်တွင် (hkau-twang)
• ခေါ်ဗုံ (hkaubum)
• စကားခေါ် (ca.ka:hkau)
• စက်တော်ခေါ် (caktauhkau)
• စားတော်ခေါ် (ca:tauhkau)
• စိန်ခေါ် (cinhkau)
• ဆင့်ခေါ် (hcang.hkau)
• ဈေးခေါ် (jhe:hkau)
• တစ်ခေါ် (tachkau)
• တစ်မျှော်တစ်ခေါ် (tachmyautachkau)
• တွေးခေါ် (twe:hkau)
• ဖိတ်ခေါ် (hpithkau)
• မခေါ်မုန့်လုံး (ma.hkaumun.lum:)
• မျှော်ခေါ် (hmyauhkau)
• မိုးခေါ် (mui:hkau)
• မေးထူးခေါ်ပြော (me:htu:hkau-prau:)
• မောင်မခေါ်ပဲ (maungma.hkaupai:)
• ယောက်ဖခွေးခေါ် (yaukhpa.hkwe:hkau)
• လက်တွဲခေါ် (laktwai:hkau)
• လက်ယပ်ခေါ် (lak-yaphkau)
• လာဘ်ခေါ် (labhhkau)
• လိပ်ပြာခေါ် (lipprahkau)
• သာဓုခေါ် (sadhu.hkau)
• အဖျားဆွတ်ခေါ် (a.hpya:hcwathkau)

Further reading

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

Mon

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Compare Burmese ခွက် (hkwak) and Vietnamese cốc”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰok/

Noun

ခေါ် (khok)

1. cup, cupful
2. measure of capacity equal to one thirty-second of a basket န (na) two ကရှ်ေ (karh) or half a ကလတ် (kalat).

References

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.