ခက်

See also: ခြောက်

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kak; cognate with Tibetan ཁག་པོ (khag po, “difficult”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɛʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hkak • ALA-LC: khakʻ • BGN/PCGN: hket • Okell: hkeʔ

Adjective

ခက် • (hkak)

1. difficult, taut.

Verb

ခက် • (hkak)

1. to entangled and restrained.

Classifier

ခက် • (hkak)

1. hard flower, a word used to count twigs.

Synonyms

• ခဲယဉ်း (hkai:yany:)

Antonyms

• လွယ် (lwai)

References

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

Mon

Verb

ခက် (khak)

1. to catch on snag stick stick in mud.