See also: ခက်

Burmese

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Burmese numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5
6
7  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: ခြောက် (hkrauk)
    Ordinal: ဆဋ္ဌမ (hcathta.ma.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰaʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkrauk • ALA-LC: khrokʻ • BGN/PCGN: chauk • Okell: hcauʔ

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-k-ruk (six). Cognate with Tibetan དྲུག (drug), Sikkimese ཏུཀ (tuk), Nuosu (fut), Atong (India) korok.

Numeral

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ခြောက် (hkrauk) (digit )

  1. six
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-glak ~ m-glaŋ (cold, freeze). Cognate with Tibetan འཁྱག ('khyag, cold) and Chinese (liàng, to dry) (STEDT).

Adjective

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ခြောက် (hkrauk)

  1. dry
  2. drab, dreary, dull, boring
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Descendants
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  • Mon: ခြံက်

Etymology 3

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From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔkrok (to frighten), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/d-krwak (to fear; to frighten). Cognate with Old Chinese (OC *qʰraːɡs, *qʰraːɡ, “to frighten”) (STEDT).

Verb

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ခြောက် (hkrauk)

Burmese verb set
Base ကြောက် (krauk)
Causativeခြောက် (hkrauk)
  1. to frighten, scare
  2. to haunt
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Further reading

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