ကယ်

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See also: ကဲ

Burmese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (kay "save"). Luce compares Old Chinese 援 (OC *ɢʷans, *ɢʷan, “to aid, grasp, pull to safety”), Tibetan སྐྱབས (skyabs, “refuge, protection”),[1] though the Chinese comparandum is phonetically problematic.”

Verb

ကယ် • (kai)

  1. to save, rescue
Derived terms

Etymology 2

According to Hill (2019), related to Old Chinese 攲 (OC *kral, *kralʔ, *kʰral, “slanting”), 掎 (OC *kral, *kralʔ, *kʰrals, “to pull aside”).

Verb

ကယ် • (kai)

  1. to be distended, feel filled up
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AY FInals (2. to Save, Deliver)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 19

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