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Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰʊʔ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hkywat • ALA-LC: khyvatʻ • BGN/PCGN: chut • Okell: hcuʔ
Etymology 1
From Old Burmese ခ္လွတ် (khlwat), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/s-lwat (“to free; release; slip; dislocate”) (Schuessler, 2007). Synchronically analyzed as the causative of ကျွတ် (kywat). Cognate with Tibetan གློད་པ (glod pa, “loosen, relax, slacken”), Tibetan ཧློད་པ (hlod pa, “loose, relaxed”), Lepcha ᰒᰤᰦᰳ (flját), ᰒᰤᰩᰳ (fljót), လွှတ် (hlwat), Chinese 脫 (OC *l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd).
Verb
ချွတ် • (hkywat)
Burmese verb set
| Base
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ကျွတ် (kywat)
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| Causative | ချွတ် (hkywat) |
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- to take off, remove (shoes, clothes, hat, etc.)
- to clean, to scrape
- to deliver (someone) from ignorance, convert
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Thai (chjot).
Noun
ချွတ် • (hkywat)
- (music) a particular kind of music played in Myanmar dramas to denote stealthy movements of one of the characters
Derived terms
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. Semantic extension of the "take off" sense in Etymology 1?”)
Verb
ချွတ် • (hkywat)
- to err, go wrong
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ချွတ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
1999 March 15, 義郎 西, ヨシオ ニシ, Yoshio Nishi, “Old Burmese : Toward the History of Burmese”, in 国立民族学博物館研究報告, volume 23, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 659–692: