စကား

Burmese edit

Etymology edit

The second syllable is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka (“word; speech; language”); cognate with Tibetan བཀའ (bka').

Pronunciation edit

Phonetic respelling: ဇ'ဂါး
IPA^(key): /zəɡá/
Romanization: MLCTS: ca.ka: • ALA-LC: cakāʺ • BGN/PCGN: zăga: • Okell: săkà
Homophone: စံကား (camka:)

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Noun edit

စကား • (ca.ka:) (classifier ခွန်း)

language (system of communication using words or symbols)
word

Synonyms edit

ဘာသာ (bhasa)
ဘာသာစကား (bhasaca.ka:)

Derived terms edit

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