အစ်ကို

Burmese

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: အ'ကို

IPA^(key): /ʔəkò/

Romanization: MLCTS: ackui • ALA-LC: ’ac‘kui • BGN/PCGN: ăko • Okell: ăkou

Noun

အစ်ကို • (ackui) (classifier အ'ကို)

elder brother
elder brother of a female

Usage notes

The term has largely displaced နောင် (naung), which in pre-colonial times referenced the elder brother of a male.

Derived terms

ညီအစ်ကို (nyiackui)
မယားညီအစ်ကို (ma.ya:nyiackui)

References

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

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