သခွား

Burmese

Etymology

From an element သ (sa.) of unclear interpretation and origin + an element ခွား (hkwa:) which may denote "melon". This second element is likely related to Tibetan ཀུ་བ (ku ba, “gourd”) and Old Chinese 瓜 (OC *kʷraː, “melon, gourd”), and may be areal; see the Chinese for more.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: သ'ခွား
  • IPA(key): /θəkʰwá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sa.hkwa: • ALA-LC: sakhvāʺ • BGN/PCGN: thăhkwa: • Okell: thăhkwà

Noun

သခွား • (sa.hkwa:)

  1. cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

Derived terms

  • ငပြုပ်သခွား (nga.prupsa.hkwa:)
  • သခွားခြစ် (sa.hkwa:hkrac)
  • သခွားငပြုပ် (sa.hkwa:nga.prup)
  • သခွားမသီး (sa.hkwa:ma.si:)

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-WA Finals (152. Cucurbitaceae; Cucumber)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 8

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