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ကောက်

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kauk • ALA-LC: kokʻ • BGN/PCGN: kauk • Okell: kauʔ

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kuk (rice; grain); compare Old Chinese (OC *kloːɡ, “grain”) (Schuessler (2007), Hill (2019)).

Noun

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ကောက် (kauk)

  1. rice (Japonica)
  2. paddy
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Etymology 2

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Related to Old Chinese (OC *kʰoɡ, “bent, crooked”) (Hill (2019)).

Pronunciation

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(only for the "sulk" sense:)

  • Phonetic respelling: ဂေါက်
  • IPA(key): /ɡaʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kauk • ALA-LC: kokʻ • BGN/PCGN: gauk • Okell: gauʔ

Adjective

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ကောက် (kauk)

  1. bent, curved, crooked

Verb

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ကောက် (kauk)

  1. to curl
  2. to sulk

Noun

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ကောက် (kauk)

  1. crank, starting handle
  2. immersion heater

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Etymology 3

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From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-g-ruk (to pick up); cognate with Tibetan སྒྲུག (sgrug, idem) (STEDT).

Verb

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ကောက် (kauk)

  1. to pick up, bend down and pick up (something)
  2. to collect, gather, levy
  3. to round up
  4. to take, make out, infer
  5. to take someone (who is below one's station) for a wife, raise someone to a higher social status
  6. to harness oxen or buffaloes to a cart
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