ကိုက်

• IPA^(key): /kaɪʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: kuik • ALA-LC: kuikʻ • BGN/PCGN: kaik • Okell: kaiʔ

According to STEDT, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kuːk ~ *kawk (“to shear, strip, pare”), which may be related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/r-kawk ~ *s/r-kwak (“outer covering, skin, bark, rind”), for which see ခေါက် (hkauk, “tree bark”). Close cognates from the former root include Garo [script needed] (kik, “to strip”) (STEDT).

That said, as a word with a final -uik, a borrowing from Mon is also possible; compare Mon သ္ကိတ်.

ကိုက် • (kuik)

1. to bite
2. (regional, Myingyan) to cut (hair)^[1]
3. to ache (be in pain)
4. to come up to (expectations, etc.), agree, equal, correspond
5. to be tight with (rust, etc.)

ကိုက် • (kuik)

1. clamp (portable vice-like device for holding things together)
2. cross-beam bearing against a pair of longitudinal boards lining a sailboat
3. spokeshave
4. snips
5. can opener
6. (smithy) scraper

Borrowed from Hindi गज़ (gaz), from Classical Persian گز (gaz).

ကိုက် • (kuik)

1. yard (unit of length)

• “ကိုက်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 201.
• “ကိုက်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

ကိုက် (kiuk)

1. (blade of) a carpenter's plane

ကိုက် (kiuk)

1. to be humpbacked or bent