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ခက်

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Burmese

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Etymology

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The "difficult" sense is from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kak (difficult; hardship), and cognate with Tibetan ཁག་པོ (khag po, difficult).

The "offshoot from a branch" sense, reflected in အခက် (a.hkak, idem) and ခက်ရင်း (hkak-rang:, fork), is, despite MED's grouping, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ka(ː)k (fork, branch, crotch), and cognate with Mizo [Term?] (kaak, fork of tree) and Old Chinese (OC *kje, “branch”); see the Chinese for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kʰɛʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkak • ALA-LC: khakʻ • BGN/PCGN: hket • Okell: hkeʔ

Adjective

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ခက် (hkak)

  1. (of problems, questions, etc.) not easy, difficult, tough, stiff, hard, taut

Verb

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ခက် (hkak)

  1. to make a network, weave, entwine, entangle and restrain

Noun

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ခက် (hkak)

  1. (same as အခက် (a.hkak)) offshoot from a branch; difficulty

Classifier

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ခက် (hkak)

  1. numerical classifier used in counting branches, sprays of flowers, twigs, etc.: hard flower

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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Verb

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ခက် (khak)

  1. to catch on snag stick stick in mud.