ခဲ

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hkai: • ALA-LC: khai • BGN/PCGN: hkè: • Okell: hkè

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)aː(r/l) (“solid, congealed, frozen, viscous, strong”). Cognates include Tibetan [script needed] (gar-ba, “strong”), Old Chinese 健 (OC *ɡans, “strong, healthy”) (STEDT).

Verb

ခဲ • (hkai:)

1. to freeze
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Derived terms

• ရေခဲ (rehkai:, “ice”)

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kar (“lead, bronze (metals)”). Cognate with Tibetan [script needed] (ḥkhar-ba ~ mkhar-ba, “bronze, bell-metal”) (STEDT).

Noun

ခဲ • (hkai:)

1. lead (metal)

Derived terms

• ခဲတံ (hkai:tam, “pencil”)

 

Further reading

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