ကိတ်

Burmese

ကိတ် • (kit)

(astrology) the twenty-eighth lunar asterism; though the lunar asterism, i.e. nakshatra (နက္ခတ် (nakhkat)) consists of twenty-seven lunar mansions, indeed.^[1]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ကိတ် • (kit)

^ Judson, A., Stevenson, Robert C., Eveleth, F. H. (1921) “ကိတ်, 1; နက္ခတ်”, in The Judson Burmese-English Dictionary‎^[1], Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press, pages 188, 554

Cognate to Nyah Kur [script needed] (kɨt¹), Wa kiat.^[2]

ကိတ် (kit)^[2]

to bite
အဏံဂၟိတ်ကိတ်ဗွဲမဂၠိုၚ်။
ʼaṇaṃgmitkitbwoamagliuṅ.
The mosquitoes bite a great deal here.

ကၠဵုကိတ်ထပိုတ်ထောံဇုက်ဒက်ဍေံ။
kleukitthapiutthoṃjukdakḍeṃ.
The dog bit through the rope it was tied up by.

ဇိုၚ်အဲဒှ်သရကိတ်စ။
jiuṅʼoadhsarakitca.
My leg itches where the sore is.

ဇိုၚ်ဍေံဂိမံၚ်ကၠဵုကိတ်လဝ်။
jiuṅḍeṃgimaṃṅkleukitlaw.
He has a bad leg a dog bite it.
to come up to standard.^[4]
သြောံဍုၚ်ဗၟာလ္ပာ်လ္တူတေံလယျိုၚ်ပိုၚ်ဟွံကိတ်။
sroṃḍuṅbmālpākltūteṃlayyiuṅpiuṅhwaṃkit.
Upper Burma rice is not up to the standard weight.

^ Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[2], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Peiros, Ilia (1998) Comparative Linguistics in Southeast Asia (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-142)‎^[3], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 247
^ Sujaritlak Deepadung (1996) “Mon at Nong Duu, Lamphun Province”, in Mon-Khmer Studies‎^[4], volume 26, page 416 of 411–418
^ Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language‎^[5], Rangoon: American Mission Press, page 36