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ကိုင်

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See also: ကိုင်း, ကြောင့်, ကြောင်, ကောင်း, ကျောင်း, and ကုဲင်

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: “Not given etymology by STEDT (kuiṅ "hold"), and words with its finals (-uing) aren't covered by Luce 1981. Per Hill 2019, words with -uik and -uing finals (like this one) are likely to be borrowings from Mon.”

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kàɪɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kuing • ALA-LC: kuiṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: kaing • Okell: kaiñ

Verb

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ကိုင် • (kuing)

  1. to hold (in the hand) (grasp)
    ...ကိုလက်တွင်ကိုင် ― ...kuilaktwangkuing ― to hold something in [one's] hand
  2. to handle, fondle
  3. to use, dabble in
  4. to keep, maintain[1]
  5. to impose, apply, manage, operate
  6. to set right, repair, prepare (meat or fish) for cooking
  7. to arrange, to adjust[1]
  8. to handle, to deal with[1]
  9. to keep a tight hold over (someone)
  10. to be seized with some kind of affliction
  11. to be possessed by some malevolent influence

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ōno, Tōru (2000) ビルマ(ミャンマー)語辞典 [Burmese dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Daigakushorin, →ISBN, page 27

Further reading

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