ခွဲ

See also: ခ, ခဲ့, and ခံ

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰwɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hkwai: • ALA-LC: khvai • BGN/PCGN: hkwè: • Okell: hkwè

Etymology 1

Causative of ကွဲ (kwai:).

Verb

Burmese verb set

Base	ကွဲ (kwai:)
Causative	ခွဲ (hkwai:)

ခွဲ • (hkwai:)

1. to split (divide along a more or less straight line)

Etymology 2

Noun

ခွဲ • (hkwai:)

1. half
2. a traditional Burmese unit of volume equivalent to 2+¹⁄₄ imperial pecks or approximately 20.4574 liters

See also

See Appendix:Burmese units of measure.