ခေါက်

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Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰaʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkauk • ALA-LC: khokʻ • BGN/PCGN: hkauk • Okell: hkauʔ

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 (khok "knock"). Luce gives Old Chinese (OC *kʰraːw, *kʰraːws, “to knock, beat”) as a cognate.[1] Also bears some resemblance to (OC *kruːʔ, “to mix, disturb”).”

Verb

ခေါက် (hkauk)

  1. to knock
  2. to strike the hour
  3. to whisk (an egg)
  4. to strum or play
Derived terms

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (khok "fold, double turn back"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Is this related to either the "knock" sense of Etymology 1 and/or the "tree bark" sense of Etymology 3? The latter seems implied with the STEDT entry ə-khok "fold; bark of tree; a time, turn". MED got a bit sloppy with the entry for ခေါက်; 17 entries are not organized, and some of the compounds listed for the "knock" sense seem to fit better under the "fold" sense. Are there more than 3 etymologically distinct usages of the word here?”

Verb

ခေါက် (hkauk)

  1. to fold (a sheet of paper, etc.)
  2. to be in a folded form

Adjective

ခေါက် (hkauk)

  1. folding, collapsible

Classifier

ခေါက် (hkauk)

  1. numerical classifier used in counting number of trips

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/r-kawk ~ *s/r-kwak (outer covering, skin, bark, rind). Cognate with Old Chinese (OC *kʰroːɡ, “hollow shell, husk”) (STEDT).

Noun

ခေါက် (hkauk)

  1. (in compounds) tree bark
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-OK Finals (10. to Knock at, Rap, Tap)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 80

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