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.