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ကိုက်

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kuik • ALA-LC: kuikʻ • BGN/PCGN: kaik • Okell: kaiʔ
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Etymology 1

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According to STEDT, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kuːk ~ *kawk (to shear, strip, pare), which may be related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/r-kawk ~ *s/r-kwak (outer covering, skin, bark, rind), for which see ခေါက် (hkauk, tree bark). Close cognates from the former root include Garo [script needed] (kik, to strip) (STEDT).

That said, as a word with a final -uik, a borrowing from Mon is also possible; compare Mon သ္ကိတ်.

Verb

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ကိုက် (kuik)

  1. to bite
  2. (regional, Myingyan) to cut (hair)[1]
  3. to ache (be in pain)
  4. to come up to (expectations, etc.), agree, equal, correspond
  5. to be tight with (rust, etc.)

Noun

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ကိုက် (kuik)

  1. clamp (portable vice-like device for holding things together)
  2. cross-beam bearing against a pair of longitudinal boards lining a sailboat
  3. spokeshave
  4. snips
  5. can opener
  6. (smithy) scraper

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Hindi गज़ (gaz), from Classical Persian گز (gaz).

Noun

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ကိုက် (kuik)

  1. yard (unit of length)
Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ အလင်္ကာပုလဲပန်း၊ မြင်းခြံနယ်က ဒေသိယဝေါဟာရများ ၂”, in BBC News မြန်မာ[1] (in Burmese), 2021 January 30

Further reading

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  • ကိုက်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 201.
  • ကိုက်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Mon

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Noun

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ကိုက် (kiuk)

  1. (blade of) a carpenter's plane

Verb

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ကိုက် (kiuk)

  1. to be humpbacked or bent