ကယ်

See also: ကဲ

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛ̀/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kai • ALA-LC: kayʻ • BGN/PCGN: kè • Okell: ke

Etymology 1

Verb

ကယ် • (kai)

  1. to save, rescue
Derived terms
  • ကယ်ဆယ် (kaihcai)
  • ကယ်တင် (kaitang)
  • ကယ်ပါ (kaipa)
  • ကယ်ပေါက် (kaipauk)
  • ကယ်မ (kaima.)
  • ကုံကယ် (kumkai)
  • ပြက်ကယ်ပြက်ကယ် (prakkai-prakkai)
  • မရှူနိုင်မကယ်နိုင် (ma.hrunuingma.kainuing)
  • သက်ကယ် (sakkai)
  • သွတ်ကယ်သွတ်ကယ် (swatkaiswatkai)
  • အသက်ကယ်လှေ (a.sakkaihle)

Etymology 2

According to Hill (2019), related to Old Chinese 攲 (OC *kral, *kralʔ, *kʰral, “slanting”), 掎 (OC *kral, *kralʔ, *kʰrals, “to pull aside”).

Verb

ကယ် • (kai)

  1. to be distended, feel filled up
Derived terms
  • စွတ်ကယ်စွတ်ကယ် (cwatkaicwatkai)
  • ပျက်ကယ်ပျက်ကယ် (pyakkai-pyakkai)
  • ရင်ကယ် (rangkai)

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AY FInals (2. to Save, Deliver)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 19

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