ကြောက်

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Burmese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/d-krwak (fear; frighten). Cognate with Nuosu (jjur) (as in ꐬꆠ (jjur hla, to fear)), Tibetan སྐྲག་པ་ (skrag pa, to be afraid) and Drung vkraq (to be surprised, to be frightened), as well as Old Chinese (OC *qʰraːɡs, *qʰraːɡ, “to frighten”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ကြောက် (krauk)

Burmese verb set
Base ကြောက် (krauk)
Causativeခြောက် (hkrauk)
  1. to fear, dread, be afraid (of)
  2. to be frightened, be scared

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