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S'gaw Karen

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Karen *kaᴮ (chin; jaw). Cognate with Eastern Pwo ခး (khá), Western Pwo ခၪ, Western Kayah ꤋꤢꤧ꤬ (hkàe), Pa'o Karen ကာႏ.

Noun

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ခၣ် (khà)

  1. a chin; the part of the face that is under the mouth.
  2. (lower) jaw; the bone around the mouth that holds the teeth.

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Karen *khaᴮ (bitter), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ka-(n/m/ŋ) (bitter; bile; liver). Cognate with Eastern Pwo ခး (khá), Western Pwo ခၪ, Western Kayah ꤋꤢꤧ꤬ (hkàe).

Adjective

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ခၣ် (khà)

  1. bitter; not sweet.

See also

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Basic tastes in S'gaw Karen (layout · text)
           
အဆၢ (ʼa hsuh) အဆံၣ် (ʼa hseè) အဟီ (ʼa haw) အခၣ် (ʼa khà) အဟဲ (ʼa heh) အရီၢ် (ʼa raw̱) / အဝံၣ် (ʼa weè)