သခွား
Burmese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an element သ (sa.) of unclear interpretation and origin + an element ခွား (hkwa:) which may denote "melon". This second element is likely related to Tibetan ཀུ་བ (ku ba, “gourd”) and Old Chinese 瓜 (OC *kʷraː, “melon, gourd”), and may be areal; see the Chinese for more.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Phonetic respelling: သ'ခွား
- IPA(key): /θəkʰwá/
- Romanization: MLCTS: sa.hkwa: • ALA-LC: sakhvāʺ • BGN/PCGN: thăhkwa: • Okell: thăhkwà
Noun
[edit]သခွား • (sa.hkwa:)
Derived terms
[edit]- ငပြုပ်သခွား (nga.prupsa.hkwa:)
- သခွားခြစ် (sa.hkwa:hkrac)
- သခွားငပြုပ် (sa.hkwa:nga.prup)
- သခွားမသီး (sa.hkwa:ma.si:)
References
[edit]- ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-WA Finals (152. Cucurbitaceae; Cucumber)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 8
Further reading
[edit]- “သခွား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.