ခရု

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Mon ကၞု (kənaoˀ, “shellfish”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ခ'ရု
• IPA^(key): /kʰəjṵ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hka.ru. • ALA-LC: kharu • BGN/PCGN: hkăyu. • Okell: hkăyú

Noun

ခရု • (hka.ru.)

1. mollusc, univalvular shellfish

References

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