ဟက်

Both senses are derived by STEDT from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ha(ː)k (“to hawk, gag, choke”), likely of partially-onomatopoeic origin similar to that of English hawk. Compare Mizo [Term?] (hâak, “to swallow the wrong way or so as to choke; to catch one's breath”).

• IPA^(key): /hɛʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hak • ALA-LC: hakʻ • BGN/PCGN: het • Okell: heʔ

ဟက် • (hak)

1. to chip off, pare off, gash
2. to hawk, expectorate (phlegm)

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