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Burmese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)aː(r/l) (“solid, congealed, frozen, viscous, strong”). Cognates include Tibetan (gar-ba, “strong”), Old Chinese 健 (OC *ɡans, “strong, healthy”) (STEDT).
Verb
ခဲ • (hkai:)
- to freeze, solidify, coagulate, congeal
- to be crowded, be swarming with
Noun
ခဲ • (hkai:)
- stone
- solidified lump
Particle
ခဲ • (hkai:)
- particle suffixed to a verb to denote rarity, uncertainty, or tardiness in its occurrence
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kar (“lead, bronze (metals)”). Cognate with Tibetan (ḥkhar-ba ~ mkhar-ba, “bronze, bell-metal”) (STEDT).
Noun
ခဲ • (hkai:)
- lead (metal)
- graphite (used in making lead pencils)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (khɛ⁵⁵ "hold danglingly in the mouth"). Luce gives Old Chinese 齧 (OC *ŋeːd, “to gnaw”) as a cognate.[1]”
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Verb
ခဲ • (hkai:)
- to bite, clamp between the teeth, clench (one's jaws)
- to be bent on doing something, be determined to do something
Derived terms
References
- ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AY Finals (8. to Gnaw, Bite)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 19
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