Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedlight (a fire)lexitron
start (a fire); build (a fire)lexitron
shrunk, coiled, or curled, as from exposure to a cold weather(archaic)wiktionary
any of the various trees of the family Fagaceaewiktionary
to cause; to create; to generatewiktionary
to construct, to build; to pile (up), to heap (up)wiktionary
to start; to commence; to launchwiktionary
to light; to ignite; to set fire (to)wiktionary
to commit; to carry out; to performwiktionary
In the readings
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Some days we have to build a fire to keep warm.
Built from
From Proto-Tai *koːᴮ (“to build”). In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ກໍ່ (kǭ), Tai Nüa ᥐᥨᥝᥱ (kǒw), Northern Thai ᨠᩬᩴ᩵, Shan ၵေႃႇ (kàu), Ahom 𑜀𑜦𑜡 (kō). In Central Tai, cognate with Tày có. In Northern Tai, possibly cognate with Zhuang guh, Bouyei gueh. Compare Old Chinese 構 (OC *koːs). Compare Lü [Term?] (“curled”).