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ခေါက်

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kʰaʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkauk • ALA-LC: khokʻ • BGN/PCGN: hkauk • Okell: hkauʔ

Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (khok "knock"). Luce gives Old Chinese 敲 (OC *kʰraːw, *kʰraːws, “to knock, beat”) as a cognate.[1] Also bears some resemblance to 攪 (OC *kruːʔ, “to mix, disturb”).”

Verb

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ခေါက် • (hkauk)

  1. to knock
  2. to strike the hour
  3. to whisk (an egg)
  4. to strum or play
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Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (khok "fold, double turn back"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Is this related to either the "knock" sense of Etymology 1 and/or the "tree bark" sense of Etymology 3? The latter seems implied with the STEDT entry ə-khok "fold; bark of tree; a time, turn". MED got a bit sloppy with the entry for ခေါက်; 17 entries are not organized, and some of the compounds listed for the "knock" sense seem to fit better under the "fold" sense. Are there more than 3 etymologically distinct usages of the word here?”

Verb

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ခေါက် • (hkauk)

  1. to fold (a sheet of paper, etc.)
  2. to be in a folded form

Adjective

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ခေါက် • (hkauk)

  1. folding, collapsible

Classifier

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ခေါက် • (hkauk)

  1. numerical classifier used in counting number of trips

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Etymology 3

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/r-kawk ~ *s/r-kwak (“outer covering, skin, bark, rind”). Cognate with Old Chinese 殼 (OC *kʰroːɡ, “hollow shell, husk”) (STEDT).

Noun

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ခေါက် • (hkauk)

  1. (in compounds) tree bark
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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-OK Finals (10. to Knock at, Rap, Tap)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 80

Further reading

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