ကားဂိတ်
Burmese edit
Etymology edit
ကား (ka:, “car”) + ဂိတ် (git, “stop, terminus”). The first element is borrowed from English car; the second from gate in a sense that developed within Burmese. Cognate with English car gate.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /káɡeɪʔ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ka:git • ALA-LC: kāʺgitʻ • BGN/PCGN: ka:geik • Okell: kàgeiʔ
Noun edit
ကားဂိတ် • (ka:git)
Further reading edit
- “ကားဂိတ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.