အစ်ကို

Burmese

Etymology

The first syllable, အစ် (ac), is from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔwyik (“elder sibling”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ʔik (“older brother”), and cognate with the second syllable of Akha [script needed] (a-yui, “elder sibling”). See the entry for ကို (kui) for more on the second syllable (STEDT).

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: အ'ကို
IPA^(key): /ʔəkò/
Romanization: MLCTS: ackui • ALA-LC: ʼacʻkui • BGN/PCGN: ăko • Okell: ăkou

Noun

အစ်ကို • (ackui) (classifier ယောက် or ဦး)

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)
ညီအစ်ကိုမသိတသိအချိန် (nyiackuima.si.ta.si.a.hkyin)
မယားညီအစ်ကို (ma.ya:nyiackui)

References

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