ကတ်

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See also: ကုတ်, ကြုတ်, ကတူး, and ကွတ်

Burmese

ကတ်

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 (kat "hard, difficult"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Verb

ကတ် • (kat)

  1. to make things difficult
  2. to be difficult
  3. to regard with hate or distaste
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English card, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “paper, papyrus”).

Alternative forms

Noun

ကတ် • (kat) (classifier ချပ်)

  1. card (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.)
Derived terms

Further reading

Mon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔt/
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Noun

ကတ် (kat)

  1. class of medicinal herbs and plants, such as Costus speciousus

Verb

ကတ် (kat)

  1. to study

Descendants

  • → Eastern Pwo: ကုက် (káʊ)

References

  • Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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