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ကပြား

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Burmese

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. MED considers this an atomic unit. Unclear how this word should be parsed - is it a borrowing from some unknown language, or from Mon?”

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: ကဗြား
  • IPA(key): /ka̰bjá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ka.pra: • ALA-LC: kaprāʺ • BGN/PCGN: ka.bya: • Okell:p

Noun

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ကပြား (ka.pra:)

  1. a person of mixed parentage, a mixed-blood

Further reading

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