ဝက်

See also: ဝှက် and ဝေးကွာ

Burmese

ဝက်

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wɛʔ/

Romanization: MLCTS: wak • ALA-LC: vak‘ • BGN/PCGN: wet • Okell: weʔ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷak.

Noun

ဝက် • (wak)

pig

Derived terms

ဝက်ဆီ (wakhci, “lard”)
ဝက်ထီး (wakhti:, “boar”)
ဝက်မ (wakma., “sow”)
ဝက်သား (waksa:, “pork”)
ဝက်ဝံ (wak-wam, “bear”)

Verb

ဝက် • (wak)

to halve

Derived terms

နာရီဝက် (nariwak)

References

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

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