ခွဲ

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See also: , ခဲ့, and ခံ

Burmese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

Causative of ကွဲ (kwai:).

Verb[edit]

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

ခွဲ (hkwai:)

  1. to split (divide along a more or less straight line)

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

ခွဲ (hkwai:)

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

See Appendix:Burmese units of measure.