ခပ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰaʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkap • ALA-LC: khapʻ • BGN/PCGN: hkat • Okell: hkaʔ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kəp (“to scoop, draw out water”). Compare Old Chinese 汲 (OC *krɯb, “to draw water from a well”).

Verb

ခပ် • (hkap)

  1. to spoon out or ladle (of curry, soup, etc.), draw
  2. to reach (the other side), attain (a certain position)
  3. to attain a certain value, be worth
Derived terms
  • ကူးခပ် (ku:hkap)
  • ခပ်ချို (hkaphkyui)
  • ခပ်သွတ် (hkapswat)
  • ခပ်သိမ်း (hkapsim:)
  • တစ်ဖက်ကမ်းခပ် (tachpakkam:hkap)
  • ထင်းခွေရေခပ် (htang:hkwerehkap)
  • ထုတ်ချင်းခပ် (htuthkyang:hkap)
  • ပန်းခပ် (pan:hkap)
  • ပျားပန်းခပ် (pya:pan:hkap)
  • အခါခပ်သိမ်း (a.hkahkapsim:)
  • အစခပ်သိမ်း (a.ca.hkapsim:)
  • အရာခပ်သိမ်း (a.rahkapsim:)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (khap "rather"), and apparently not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Particle

ခပ် • (hkap)

  1. particle prefixed to adjectives in duplicate form to convey the meaning of: a little, rather, slightly, -ish
Derived terms
  • ခပ်တန်းတန်း (hkaptan:tan:)
  • ခပ်မဆိတ်နေ (hkapma.hcitne)

Further reading

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