ကြောက်
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Burmese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/d-krwak (“fear; frighten”). Cognate with Nuosu ꐬ (jjur) (as in ꐬꆠ (jjur hla, “to fear”)), Tibetan སྐྲག་པ་ (skrag pa, “to be afraid”) and Drung vkraq (“to be surprised, to be frightened”). Compare Chinese 恐 (kǒng, “to fear”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /t͡ɕaʊʔ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: krauk • ALA-LC: krokʻ • BGN/PCGN: kyauk • Okell: cauʔ
- Homophone: ကျောက် (kyauk)
Verb
[edit]ကြောက် • (krauk)