ကန်

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See also: ကျနော် and ကျွန်း

Burmese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Doesn't appear to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. A semantic extension of the "kick" sense in Etymology 2?”

Verb

ကန် • (kan)

  1. to designate
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *gan ~ *k(y)at (“to run, dance, kick”) (STEDT). Cognate with Jingpho (gān, “to leap, bound, gallop, canter”). The Tibeto-Burman root is distinct from, though possibly related to, Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gaːr ~ *ga (“to dance; to sing; to leap; to stride”), whence Old Chinese 歌 (OC *kaːl, “to sing, chant”).

Verb

ကန် • (kan)

  1. to kick
  2. to prop, buttress
  3. to shove off (with a pole, etc.)
  4. to erupt
Derived terms

Etymology 3

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (kɑn² "lake"), and apparently not mentioned by Luce 1981. Resembles Old Chinese 灣 (OC *qroːn, “bay, gulf”), though the Chinese seems to have an internal derivation that makes connection with Burmese less likely + a medial r.”

Noun

ကန် • (kan) (classifier ကန်)

  1. lake, pond, tank
    Synonym: အင်း (ang:)
  2. to hold
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Sanskrit कन्या (kanyā).

Proper noun

ကန် • (kan)

  1. (astrology) Virgo (the sixth sign of the Zodiac)
Descendants
  • → Shan: ၵၼ်ႇ (kàn)

See also

Zodiac signs in Burmese · ရာသီရုပ် (rasirup) (layout · text)
မိဿ (mi.ssa.) ပြိဿ (pri.ssa.) မေထုန် (mehtun) ကရကဋ် (ka.ra.kat)
သိဟ် (sih) ကန် (kan) တူ (tu) ဗြိစ္ဆာ (brichca)
ဓနု (dha.nu.) မကရ (ma.ka.ra.) ကုံ (kum) မိန် (min)

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