ကြာ

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See also: ကျ, ကျား, and ကြား

Burmese

FWOTD – 30 October 2016
ကြာ

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 (kra "water lily"). Luce gives Old Chinese 荷 (OC *qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ, “lotus”) as a potential cognate.[1]”

Noun

ကြာ • (kra)

  1. water lily, lotus
  2. (on cattle and horses) star, blaze
  3. a come-hither look
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gra (“long (time)”). Cognate with Old Chinese 遐 (OC *ɡraː, “far, distant, long (time)”) (STEDT: kra "long ( in doing, in time )"). Hill (2019) (p. 251) adduces 架 (OC *kraːls, “stand, support”) (which he mistakenly writes as 枷 (OC *ɡa, *ɡal, *kraːl, “shackles”)) as a phonetically-sound cognate.

Verb

ကြာ • (kra)

  1. to take a long time, be a long time (since)
  2. to take, last, elapse
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-A Finals (13. Lotus; Water lily (Nelumbium; Nymphaea)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 1

Further reading

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Noun

ကြာ (krā)

  1. brand seal stamp.
  2. tripod derrick from which winnowing sieve ကၞာဲဇာ (knāyjā) is suspended.
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