ကျား

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See also: ကျ, ကျာ, and ကြာ

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ကျား (တိရစ္ဆာန်)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Burmese က္လာ (kla),[1] from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-la (“tiger”), ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *klaʔ (“idem”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ကျား • (kya:)

  1. tiger
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References

  1. ^ Rudolf A. Yanson (2006 January 1) Notes on the Evolution of the Burmese Phonological System‎, Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 103–120

Etymology 2

Probably a semantic extension of the "tiger" sense in Etymology 1, owing to the tiger's striped coat (MED groups the "variegated" and "tiger" senses together).

Verb

ကျား • (kya:)

  1. to have a pattern, especially striped, checkered, square, or with patches of alternate colors; to be variegated
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Etymology 3

Likely a semantic extension of the "variegated" sense of Etymology 2, considering the checkered pattern of the draughts game board (though MED separates the "draughts" and "variegated" senses); for a semantic parallel, note the extension of English checker from the board game to its characteristic alternating square pattern.

Noun

ကျား • (kya:)

  1. game of draughts, checkers
  2. draughtsman
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Etymology 4

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (kyâ "transverse stay; prop"), and doesn't seem to be mentioned by Luce 1981.”

Noun

ကျား • (kya:)

  1. a transverse stay in the roof of a building
  2. a prop or stay applied to the side of a house, boat or ship; a buttress
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  • ကျားမော့ (kya:mau., “a strut placed diagonally between the ridge-pole and horizontal member joining the tie-beams”)
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Etymology 5

Contraction of ယောက်ျား (“a male person”); see there for more discussion.

Noun

ကျား • (kya:)

  1. abbreviation of ယောက်ျား (“a male person; a gent”)
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Further reading

  • “ကျား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • Judson, A., Stevenson, Robert C., Eveleth, F. H. (1921) “ကျား, 1; ကျား, 2; ကျား, 3; ကျား, 4”, in The Judson Burmese-English Dictionary‎, Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press, pages 213–4
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