အစာငတ်ခံ

Burmese

Etymology

အစာ (a.ca, “food”) +‎ ငတ် (ngat, “to starve”) +‎ ခံ (hkam, “to bear, suffer”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အ'စာငတ်ခံ
  • IPA(key): /ʔəsàŋaʔkʰàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.ca-ngathkam • ALA-LC: ʼacāṅatʻkhaṃ • BGN/PCGN: ăsa-ngathkan • Okell: ăsangaʔhkañ

Verb

အစာငတ်ခံ • (a.ca-ngathkam)

  1. to starve oneself
  2. to go on a hunger strike

Further reading

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