ကပ်

Burmese

Etymology 1

From Pali kappa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kap • ALA-LC: kapʻ • BGN/PCGN: kat • Okell: kaʔ

Noun

ကပ် • (kap)

  1. (Buddhism) kalpa
  2. epoch
  3. catastrophe, calamity, disaster
Derived terms
  • ကပ်ကျော် (kapkyau)
  • ကပ်ကြီးသုံးပါး (kapkri:sum:pa:)
  • ကပ်ဆိုက် (kaphcuik)
  • ကပ်ဆေး (kaphce:)
  • ကပ်တိုက် (kaptuik)
  • ကပ်နာ (kapna)
  • ကပ်ပြုမိုး (kappru.mui:)
  • ကျည်ကပ် (kyanykap)
  • စစ်ကပ် (cackap)
  • စိုက်ကပ်လိုက် (cuikkapluik)
  • စီးပွားပျက်ကပ် (ci:pwa:pyakkap)
  • ဆုတ်ကပ် (hcutkap)
  • တက်ကပ် (takkap)
  • ထိပ်ကပ်နာ (htipkapna)
  • မဟာကပ် (ma.hakap)
  • သက်နှောင်းကပ် (sakhnaung:kap)
  • သက်လယ်ကပ် (saklaikap)
  • သက်ဦးကပ် (sak-u:kap)
  • အာယုကပ် (ayu.kap)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *(g/k)(w)ap (“join, adhere”). Compare Chinese 合 (“to join”) and Chinese 盍 (hé, “to unite”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kap • ALA-LC: kapʻ • BGN/PCGN: kat • Okell: kaʔ

Verb

ကပ် • (kap)

  1. to approach
  2. to stick
  3. (Buddhism, honorific) to offer (reverently)
  4. to approach for favours
Descendants
  • → Shan: ၵၢပ်ႈ (kāap)

References

Mon

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔp/
  • (file)

Noun

ကပ် (kap)

  1. mat of woven split bamboo

Noun

ကပ် (kap)

  1. natural disasters an era calamity time of catastrophe.

References
  • Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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