ခါး

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ka-(n/m/ŋ) (“bitter”). Cognate with Tibetan ཁ་བ (kha ba), Sichuan Yi ꈌ (ke), Lisu ꓘꓪꓽ (kʰwà), S'gaw Karen ခၣ် (khà), and Chinese 苦 (kǔ), all ‘bitter’.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʰá/

Romanization: MLCTS: hka: • ALA-LC: khā″ • BGN/PCGN: hka: • Okell: hkà

Adjective

ခါး • (hka:)

bitter (having an acrid taste)

Noun

ခါး • (hka:)

waist

References

“ခါး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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