စကား

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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The second syllable, ကား (ka:), is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka (word; speech; language), which may be connected to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-k(w)a-j (mouth, opening); cognate with Tibetan བཀའ (bka') (STEDT).

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Particularly: “Is the first syllable, (ca.), a "vowel weakened" version of စာ (ca, written language)?”

Noun

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စကား (ca.ka:) (classifier ခွန်း)

  1. language (system of communication using words or symbols), speech
  2. word
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Etymology 2

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See the entry for more.

Noun

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စကား (ca.ka:)

  1. Alternative form of စံကား (camka:, champac)

Further reading

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