ကိုက်

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See also: ကြာကြာ, ကြိုက်, ကြောက်, ကြိုးကြာ, ကြက်, ကြွက်, and ကျောက်

Burmese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kaɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kuik • ALA-LC: kuikʻ • BGN/PCGN: kaik • Okell: kaiʔ
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Etymology 1[edit]

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Particularly: “Mon သ္ကိတ်”

Noun[edit]

ကိုက် • (kuik)

  1. clamp; portable vice-like device for holding things together
  2. cross-beam bearing against a pair of longitudinal boards lining a sailboat
  3. spokeshave
  4. snips
  5. can opener
  6. scraper

Verb[edit]

ကိုက် • (kuik)

  1. to bite
  2. to ache (be in pain)
  3. to come up to (expectations, etc), agree; equal; correspond
  4. to be tight with (rust, etc)
  5. (regional, Myingyan) to cut (hair)[1]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Hindi गज़ (gaz), from Classical Persian گز (gaz).

Noun[edit]

ကိုက် • (kuik)

  1. yard (unit of measurement)
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “ကိုက်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 201.
  • “ကိုက်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  1. ^
    2021 January 30, “အလင်္ကာပုလဲပန်း၊ မြင်းခြံနယ်က ဒေသိယဝေါဟာရများ ၂”, in BBC News မြန်မာ‎[1]:

Mon[edit]

Noun[edit]

ကိုက် (kiuk)

  1. {blade of} plane {carpenter’s} plane.

Verb[edit]

ကိုက် (kiuk)

  1. to be humpbacked bent.
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