စော်ကား

Burmese

Etymology

Though treated by MED as an atomic unit, a surface analysis as စော် (cau, “stench”) +‎ ကား (ka:, “to spread out”) appears plausible, i.e. "to spread out a disagreeable smell" > "to air out one's annoyances" > "to insult".

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: စော်ဂါး
  • IPA(key): /sɔ̀ɡá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: cauka: • ALA-LC: coʻkāʺ • BGN/PCGN: sawga: • Okell: sokà

Verb

စော်ကား • (cauka:)

  1. to insult

Derived terms

  • ချဉ်စော်ကား (hkyanycauka:)
  • စော်ကားမော်ကား (cauka:mauka:)

Further reading

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