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Burmese
Etymology
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Particularly: “Not given an etymology by STEDT (khanʼ "estimate, calculate"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Looks a bit like it could be related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka(n/ŋ) (“to know, see”), whence Old Chinese 看 (OC *kʰaːn, *kʰaːns, “to look, consider, observe”), with a semantic shift "see" > "consider" > "estimate, assign".”
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Pronunciation
Verb
ခန့် • (hkan.)
- to assign, charge, appoint (someone to a post)
- to estimate (situation, time, or number and size of things)
- (commonly used in the negative) to be awed, show respect
- to compare
- to intend, aim
Particle
ခန့် • (hkan.)
- particle suffixed to nouns to indicate that quantity mentioned is an approximate number: about, around, approximately
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