keo

keo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kakwa.

• Wiktionary's coverage of Kakwa terms

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɛw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɛw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kɛw˧˧]

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 膠 (“glue”, SV: giao). Cognate with Thai กาว (gaao), Lao ກາວ (kāo), Burmese ကော် (kau), Khmer កាវ (kaaw).

keo

1. glue

   dính như keo ― as sticky as glue

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

(classifier cây) keo

1. acacia

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

keo

1. (derogatory, of a person) cheap; stingy

   Synonym: bủn xỉn

• hà tiện (“frugal”)

keo

1. round (in a fight)

   Thua keo này bày keo khác. ― If you lose this round, you fight another round.