ကဲ

Khamti

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *kajᴮ (“chicken”), from Middle Chinese 雞 (MC kej, “chicken”). Cognate with Thai ไก่ (gài), Northern Thai ᨠᩱ᩵ (kai), Lao ໄກ່ (kai), Lü ᦺᦂᧈ (k̇ay¹), Tai Dam ꪼꪀ꪿, Tai Dón ꪼꪀꫀ, Shan ၵႆႇ (kài), Tai Nüa ᥐᥭᥱ (kǎy), Aiton ကႝ (kay), Phake ကႝ (kay), Ahom 𑜀𑜩 (kay), Bouyei gais, Zhuang gaeq, Saek ไก. Compare Proto-Be *kajᴬ¹.

Noun

က︀ဲ (transliteration needed)

1. chicken.

S'gaw Karen

Verb

ကဲ • (keh)

1. post-clausal auxiliary: be able to (have the physical or mental strength to do something)