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Burmese
Etymology 1
From Pali kappa.
Pronunciation
Noun
ကပ် • (kap)
- (Buddhism) kalpa
- epoch
- catastrophe, calamity, disaster
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *(g/k)(w)ap (“join, adhere”). Compare Chinese 合 (“to join”) and Chinese 盍 (hé, “to unite”).
Pronunciation
Verb
ကပ် • (kap)
- to approach
- to stick
- (Buddhism, honorific) to offer (reverently)
- to approach for favours
Descendants
References
Mon
Pronunciation
Noun
ကပ် (kap)
- mat of woven split bamboo
Noun
ကပ် (kap)
- natural disasters an era calamity time of catastrophe.
References
- Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.