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Burmese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/d-krwak (fear; frighten). Cognate with Nuosu (jjur) (as in ꐬꆠ (jjur hla, to fear)), Tibetan སྐྲག་པ་ (skrag pa, to be afraid) and Drung vkraq (to be surprised, to be frightened).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ကြောက် (krauk)

  1. to fear, be afraid (of)