ခၣ်

See also: ခါ

S'gaw Karen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰà/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen *kaᴮ (“chin; jaw”). Cognate with Eastern Pwo ခး (khá), Western Pwo ခၪ, Western Kayah ꤋꤢꤧ꤬ (hkàe), Pa'o Karen ကာႏ.

Noun

ခၣ် • (khà)

  1. a chin; the part of the face that is under the mouth.
  2. (lower) jaw; the bone around the mouth that holds the teeth.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Karen *khaᴮ (“bitter”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kaʔ (“bitter”). Cognate with Eastern Pwo ခး (khá), Western Pwo ခၪ, Western Kayah ꤋꤢꤧ꤬ (hkàe).

Adjective

ခၣ် • (khà)

  1. bitter; not sweet.

See also

Basic tastes in S'gaw Karen (layout · text)
အဆၢ (ʼa hsuh) အဆံၣ် (ʼa hseè) အဟီ (ʼa haw) အခၣ် (ʼa khà) အဟဲ (ʼa heh) အရီၢ် (ʼa raw̱) / အဝံၣ် (ʼa weè)
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