ကယ်
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See also: ကဲ
Burmese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kɛ̀/
- Romanization: MLCTS: kai • ALA-LC: kayʻ • BGN/PCGN: kè • Okell: ke
Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]ကယ် • (kai)
Derived terms
[edit]- ကယ်ဆယ် (kaihcai)
- ကယ်တင် (kaitang)
- ကယ်ပါ (kaipa)
- ကယ်ပေါက် (kaipauk)
- ကယ်မ (kaima.)
- ကုံကယ် (kumkai)
- ပြက်ကယ်ပြက်ကယ် (prakkai-prakkai)
- မရှူနိုင်မကယ်နိုင် (ma.hrunuingma.kainuing)
- သက်ကယ် (sakkai)
- သွတ်ကယ်သွတ်ကယ် (swatkaiswatkai)
- အသက်ကယ်လှေ (a.sakkaihle)
Etymology 2
[edit]According to Hill (2019), related to Old Chinese 攲 (OC *kral, *kralʔ, *kʰral, “slanting”), 掎 (OC *kral, *kralʔ, *kʰrals, “to pull aside”).
Verb
[edit]ကယ် • (kai)
Derived terms
[edit]- စွတ်ကယ်စွတ်ကယ် (cwatkaicwatkai)
- ပျက်ကယ်ပျက်ကယ် (pyakkai-pyakkai)
- ရင်ကယ် (rangkai)
References
[edit]- ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AY FInals (2. to Save, Deliver)”, 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
[edit]- “ကယ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.