ငတ်

See also: ငတ်ꩻ

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mwat ~ *ŋ(w)at (“hungry; thirsty”). Cognate with မွတ် (mwat, “hungry”), Old Chinese 餓 (OC *ŋaːls, “hungry”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ŋaʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ngat • ALA-LC: ṅatʻ • BGN/PCGN: ngat • Okell: ngaʔ

Verb

ငတ် • (ngat)

  1. to starve, be famished, be hungry or thirsty
  2. to crave for, hunger for (a film, play, etc.)

Derived terms

  • ငတ်ကြီးကျ (ngatkri:kya.)
  • ငတ်ပြတ် (ngatprat)
  • ငတ်ပေါက်တိုး (ngatpauktui:)
  • ငတ်မွတ် (ngatmwat)
  • ငတ်မွတ်ခေါင်းပါး (ngatmwathkaung:pa:)
  • ငတ်မွတ်ခေါင်းပါးခြင်းဘေး (ngatmwathkaung:pa:hkrang:bhe:)
  • နွားငတ်ရေကျ (nwa:ngatre-kya.)
  • ရေငတ် (re-ngat)
  • အငတ် (a.ngat)
  • အစာငတ်ခံ (a.ca-ngathkam)

Further reading

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