ခဲ

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kʰɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkai: • ALA-LC: khai • BGN/PCGN: hkè: • Okell: hkè

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)aː(r/l) (“solid, congealed, frozen, viscous, strong”). Cognates include Tibetan [script needed] (gar-ba, “strong”), Old Chinese 健 (OC *ɡans, “strong, healthy”) (STEDT).

Verb

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ခဲ • (hkai:)

  1. to freeze, solidify, coagulate, congeal
  2. to be crowded, be swarming with

Noun

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ခဲ • (hkai:)

  1. stone
  2. solidified lump

Particle

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ခဲ • (hkai:)

  1. particle suffixed to a verb to denote rarity, uncertainty, or tardiness in its occurrence

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kar (“lead, bronze (metals)”). Cognate with Tibetan [script needed] (ḥkhar-ba ~ mkhar-ba, “bronze, bell-metal”) (STEDT).

Noun

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ခဲ • (hkai:)

  1. lead (metal)
  2. graphite (used in making lead pencils)
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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 (khɛ⁵⁵ "hold danglingly in the mouth"). Luce gives Old Chinese 齧 (OC *ŋeːd, “to gnaw”) as a cognate.[1]”

Verb

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ခဲ • (hkai:)

  1. to bite, clamp between the teeth, clench (one's jaws)
  2. to be bent on doing something, be determined to do something
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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AY Finals (8. to Gnaw, Bite)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 19

Further reading

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