ခွဲ

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See also: , ခဲ့, and ခံ

Burmese

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Etymology

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Causative of ကွဲ (kwai:). The "half" sense is from a semantic development "divide" > "of a divided portion" > "half".

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kʰwɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkwai: • ALA-LC: khvai • BGN/PCGN: hkwè: • Okell: hkwè

Verb

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Burmese verb set
Base ကွဲ (kwai:)
Causativeခွဲ (hkwai:)

ခွဲ (hkwai:)

  1. to split (divide along a more or less straight line); to break, divide, part
  2. to separate, divide into parts, differentiate, discriminate
  3. to dissect, operate, incise (as in surgery), cut
  4. to assess (tax)

Noun

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ခွဲ (hkwai:)

  1. half
  2. a traditional Burmese unit of volume equivalent to 2+14 imperial pecks or approximately 20.4574 liters

Derived terms

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See also

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See Appendix:Burmese units of measure.

Further reading

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