ကောက်

• IPA^(key): /kaʊʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: kauk • ALA-LC: kokʻ • BGN/PCGN: kauk • Okell: kauʔ

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kuk (“rice; grain”); compare Old Chinese 穀 (OC *kloːɡ, “grain”) (Schuessler (2007), Hill (2019)).

ကောက် • (kauk)

1. rice (Japonica)
2. paddy

• စပါး (ca.pa:)
• ဆန် (hcan)
• ထမင်း (hta.mang:)

Related to Old Chinese 曲 (OC *kʰoɡ, “bent, crooked”) (Hill (2019)), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kəwk (“to bend”).

(only for the "sulk" sense:)

• Phonetic respelling: ဂေါက်
• IPA^(key): /ɡaʊʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: kauk • ALA-LC: kokʻ • BGN/PCGN: gauk • Okell: gauʔ

ကောက် • (kauk)

1. bent, curved, crooked

ကောက် • (kauk)

1. to curl
2. to sulk

ကောက် • (kauk)

1. crank, starting handle
2. immersion heater

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-g-ruk (“to pick up”); cognate with Tibetan སྒྲུག (sgrug, “idem”) (STEDT).

ကောက် • (kauk)

1. to pick up, bend down and pick up (something)
2. to collect, gather, levy
3. to round up
4. to take, make out, infer
5. to take someone (who is below one's station) for a wife, raise someone to a higher social status
6. to harness oxen or buffaloes to a cart

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