ခါ

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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 (kha "shake, shake off or out"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Verb

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ခါ (hka)

  1. to shake, shake off
  2. to refuse
  3. to clean, empty
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Etymology 2

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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 (ə-kha "time"), while Luce gives Tibetan ཁར (khar, at the time of) as a cognate.[1]

Noun

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ခါ (hka)

  1. (same as အခါ (a.hka)) time (occurrence), duration, period, moment, frequency
  2. number of times
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Etymology 3

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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 (kha "francolin ( partridge )"), and Luce adduces no cognates.[2]

Noun

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ခါ (hka)

  1. partridge
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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-A Finals (21. Time; When)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 2
  2. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-A Finals (20. Francolin; Partridge)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 2

Further reading

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S'gaw Karen

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Eastern Pwo ခါ့ (khâ).

Noun

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ခါ (khah)

  1. step

Classifier

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ခါ (khah)

  1. Classifier for bamboo traps.
  2. Generic classifier; classifier for abstract nouns.

Etymology 2

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Cognate with Eastern Pwo ခါ့ (khâ).

Noun

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ခါ (khah)

  1. time
  2. (relational noun) when