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Burmese
Etymology
The "difficult" sense is from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kak (“difficult; hardship”), and cognate with Tibetan ཁག་པོ (khag po, “difficult”).
The "offshoot from a branch" sense, reflected in အခက် (a.hkak, “idem”) and ခက်ရင်း (hkak-rang:, “fork”), is, despite MED's grouping, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ka(ː)k (“fork, branch, crotch”), and cognate with Mizo (kaak, “fork of tree”) and Old Chinese 支 (OC *kje, “branch”); see the Chinese for more (STEDT).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ခက် • (hkak)
- (of problems, questions, etc.) not easy, difficult, tough, stiff, hard, taut
Verb
ခက် • (hkak)
- to make a network, weave, entwine, entangle and restrain
Noun
ခက် • (hkak)
- (same as အခက် (a.hkak)) offshoot from a branch; difficulty
Classifier
ခက် • (hkak)
- numerical classifier used in counting branches, sprays of flowers, twigs, etc.: hard flower
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Mon
Verb
ခက် (khak)
- to catch on snag stick stick in mud.