ခြောက်

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Burmese

Burmese numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5 ၆
6 		7  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: ခြောက် (hkrauk)
    Ordinal: ဆဋ္ဌမ (hcathta.ma.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰaʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkrauk • ALA-LC: khrokʻ • BGN/PCGN: chauk • Okell: hcauʔ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-k-ruk (“six”). Cognate with Tibetan དྲུག (drug), Sikkimese ཏུཀ (tuk), Nuosu ꃘ (fut), Atong (India) korok.

Numeral

ခြောက် • (hkrauk) (digit ၆)

  1. six
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-glak ~ m-glaŋ (“cold, freeze”). Cognate with Tibetan འཁྱག ('khyag, “cold”) and Chinese 晾 (liàng, “to dry”) (STEDT).

Adjective

ခြောက် • (hkrauk)

  1. dry
  2. drab, dreary, dull, boring
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Mon: ခြံက်

Etymology 3

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔkrok (“to frighten”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/d-krwak (“to fear; to frighten”). Cognate with Old Chinese 嚇 (OC *qʰraːɡs, *qʰraːɡ, “to frighten”) (STEDT).

Verb

ခြောက် • (hkrauk)

Burmese verb set
Base ကြောက် (krauk)
Causativeခြောက် (hkrauk)
  1. to frighten, scare
  2. to haunt
Derived terms

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