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Burmese
Etymology
Perhaps from a Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwak (“bowl”), also reflected in Mon ခေါ် (“cup”), and Vietnamese cốc (“glass, tumbler”) (the latter borrowed from a Sino-Tibetan language). Schuessler 2007 (listed in STEDT as S583) compares Old Chinese 盂 (OC *ɢʷa, “broad-mouthed bowl”), though this seems phonetically suspect. His secondary comparison with 臞 (OC *ɡʷa, *ɡʷas, “emaciated”), taking the original sense as "concave", appears more phonetically reasonable, if the Old Chinese pronunciation is similar to that of 懼 (OC *ɡʷas, “to fear”) in Baxter-Sagart's reconstruction, with the same phonetic character component.
Pronunciation
Noun
ခွက် • (hkwak)
- cup, bowl
- ရေ နှစ်ခွက် ― re hnachkwak ― two cups of water
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Verb
ခွက် • (hkwak)
- to sag (at the middle of a surface, like a cup)
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