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Myanmar English Dictionary

Single Tone 'Et'

• ခက် | khet; khet; khet; khet
  
  (1) difficult; hard; not easy.
  
  (2) weave; interlace; entwine.
  
  (3) branch as in အကိုင်းအခက် | a-kine3 a-khet.
  
  (4) numerical classifier (measure word) for counting branches.
  
  ခက်ခဲ | khet kheare3 - difficult; tough.
  
  ခက်ဆစ် | khet-hsit - difficult word.
  
  ခက်ဆစ်အဖြေ | khet-hsit a-pfyay2 - glossary; explanation of difficult words.
  
  ခက်တရော် | khet ta1-yau2 - [archaic] stiff; rigid; hard.
  
  ခက်တင်မောင်းနင်း | khet-tin2 moun3-nin3 - a flip-flop and indefinite way of speaking; sitting on the fence on issues.
  
  ခက်ထန် | khet htan2 - harsh; stern.
  
  ခက်မ | khet ma1 - main branch of a tree.
  
  ခက်မာ | khet ma2 - hard; rough; tough.
  
  ခက်ရင်း | kha1-yin3 - fork.
  
  ခက်ရင်းခွ | kha1-yin3 gwa1 - fork, a garden tool for lifting or digging; pitch-fork.
  
  
• ချက် | chet; chet; chet
  
  (1) cook as in ထမင်းချက် | hta1-min3 chet - cook rice.
  
  (2) distill liquor as in အရက်ချက် | a-yet chet.
  
  (3) refine; brew; process as in ရေနံချက် | yay2-nun2 chet - process crude oil.
  
  (4) navel; belly button.
  
  (5) central point or location.
  
  အချက်အချာ | a-chet a-cha2 - central position.
  
  (6) bolt of door.
  
  (7) 'click' sound of firearm triggering mechanism.
  
  (8) [English] bank check; cheque.
  
  (9) numerical classifier (measure word) for counting the number of hits, strikes, points, etc..
  
  (10) particle surfixed to verbs to make nouns. E.g., ဆုံးဖြတ် | hsone3-pfyut - decide (verb) can be modified to ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက် | hsone3-pfyut chet - decision (noun).
  
  ချက်ကလိ | chet ka1-li1 - armpit.
  
  ချက်ကီယား | chet ki2-ya3 - Czechia, also known as the Czech Republic in central Europe.
  
  ချက်ကောင်း | chet koun3 - (1) vulnerable spot. (2) opportune moment.
  
  ချက်ကုံ | chet kone2 - [archaic] totally.
  
  ချက်ကျ | chet kja1 - be effective and hit the point.
  
  ချက်ကျလက်ကျ | chet-kja1 let-kja1 - precisely and effectively.
  
  ချက်ကျောက် | chet kjout - artificial gem.
  
  ချက်ကြိုး | chet kjo3 - umbilical cord.
  
  ချက်ကြွေ | chet kjway2 - umbilical cord to drop off. chet kjway2 - birth place.
  
  ချက်ခနဲ | chet kha1-neare3 - at once; immediately.
  
  ချက်ချာ | chet-cha2 - smart; clever; brainy; intelligent; shrewd.
  
  ချက်ချက် | chet-chet - brightly (shine).
  
  ချက်ချင်း | chet-chin3
  ချက်ချင်းလက်ငင်း | chet-chin3 let-ngin3 - immediately; at once.
  
  ချက်စေ့လက်စေ့ | chet-say1 let-say1 - comprehensively.
  
  ချက်ဆား | chet hsa3 - salt obtained by evaporating brine.
  
  ချက်တစ်ဖြုတ် | chet ta1-pfyoat - suddenly; abruptly.
  
  ချက်ပိုင် | chet pine2 - hit the target or point; have an excellent idea.
  
  ချက်ပြုတ် | chet pyoat - cook.
  
  ချက်မ | chet ma1 - central position.
  
  ချက်မြှုပ် | chet hmyoat - native place. birth place.
  
  ချက်ရိုင် | chet yine2 - [archaic] bountifully.
  
  ချက်လှည့်ခံ | chet hleare1 gun2 - alternately.
  
  ချက်သိလက်သိ | chet-thi1 let-thi1 - inside out; wholly (know).
  
  ချက်သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ | chet tha1-ma1-da1 nine2-ngan2 - Czech Republic.
  
  ချက်သွန် | chet thoon2 - [archaic] generously.
  
  ချက်အရက် | chet a-yet - distilled liquor.
  
  မှတ်ချက်ချ | hmut-chet cha1 - make a remark.
  
  အချက်အလက် | a-chet a-let - fact; information.
  
  
• ခွက် | khwet - cup; glass; bowl.
  
  ခွက်ချင်းပြီးဆေး | khwet-chin3-pyi3 hsay3 - potent medicine which can cure with a single dose.
  
  ခွက်ခြင် | khwet-chin2 - by cup measurement.
  
  ခွက်ခွက်လန် | khwet-khwet lun2 - awfully; terribly.
  
  ခွက်ခွင်း | khwet-khwin3 - [archaic] cymbal (brass disk musical instrument).
  
  ခွက်စောင်းခုတ် | khwet-soun3 khoat - (1) splash a bowl of water with all strength on someone like a Karate chop in order to cause pain. (2) engage in a political fight.
  
  ခွက်ထိုးခွက်လန်ရယ် | khwet-hto3 khwet-lun2 yi2 - laugh uncontrollably.
  
  ခွက်ပုန်းသမား | khwet-pone3 dtha1-ma3 - an alcoholic who secretly drinks liquor by himself without the knowlege of others.
  
  
• ဂျက် | jet
  
  (1) [English] jet as in ဂျက်လေယာဉ် | jet lay2-yin2 - jet plane.
  
  (2) [English] jack (of playing cards.)
  
  
• ငှက် | hnget
  
  (1) bird.
  
  (2) small sampan.
  
  (3) malaria.
  
  ငှက်ကုလား | hnget ka1-la3 - black-necked stork (Xenorhynchus asiaticus.)
  
  ငှက်ကုလားအုတ် | hnget ka1-la1-oat - ostrich.
  
  ငှက်ကျား | hnget kja3 - (1) painted stork (Ibis leucoce-phalus.) (2) pied bushchat (Saxicola caprata.) (3) Chinese magpie (Pica pica.)
  
  ငှက်ကြီးတောင် | hnget-ji3 toun2 - a type of long sword.
  
  ငှက်ကြီးတုံးစပ် | hnget-ji3 dome3 zut - adjutant bird (Leptop tilos dubius.)
  
  ငှက်ကြီးဝန်ပို | hnget-ji3 woon2-bo2 - pelican.
  
  ငှက်ခါး | hnget-kha3 - blue or green jay.
  
  ငှက်ခါးတောင် | hnget-kha3 doun2 - bluish hued palm toddy.
  
  ငှက်ချေးခံ | hnget-chay3 gun2 - (1) obverse or top side of a leaf. (2) canopy or covering placed on a bier; top of coffin.
  
  ငှက်ငနွား | hnget nga1-nwa3 - green imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea.)
  
  ငှက်စာဆော် | hnget sa2 hsau2 - bear fruit for the first time.
  
  ငှက်စပ် | hnget sut
  ငှက်တော်ပြာ | hnget tau2 bya2
  ငှက်အောင်မ | hnget oun2 ma1 - red-billed blue magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha.)
  
  ငှက်စိမ်း | hnget sain3 - leaf bird (Chloropsis aurifons.)
  
  ငှက်ဆိုး | hnget hso3 - bird of bad omen; screech owl.
  
  ငှက်ဆင် | hnget hsin2 - large mythical bird of prey.
  
  ငှက်တောခွေးတော | hnget-tau3 khway3-dau3 - (1) malarial infested area. (2) desolate place.
  
  ငှက်တော် | hnget tau2 - king crow; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus cathoecus.)
  
  ငှက်တော်မြီးရှည် | hnget tau2 myi3-shay2 - greater racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus.)
  
  ငှက်ပုတီး | hnget ba1-de3 - munia; sparrow-like bird (Lonchura malacca.)
  
  ငှက်ပြာခြောက် | hnget pya2 jout - chestnut-bellied nuthatch (Sitta castanea.)
  
  ငှက်ပြာစိတ် | hnget pya2 zate - Asian fairy bluebird (Irena puella.)
  
  ငှက်ပြင်း | hnget pyin3 - nightjar; goatsucker (Caprimulgus spp.)
  
  ငှက်ပျော | nga1-pyau3 - banana; plantain.
  
  ငှက်ပျောပပ် | nga1-pyau3 but - sheath of the banana stem.
  
  ငှက်ပျောပွဲ | nga1-pyau3 bweare3 - offering to the spirits consisting of a banch of banana and coconut.
  
  ငှက်ပျောဖူး | nga1-pyau3 bu3 - banana bud which can be cooked and eaten.
  
  ငှက်ပျောသီး | nga1-pyau3 dthi3 - the fruit of banana.
  
  ငှက်ပျောအူ | nga1-pyau3 u2 - banana stem, used in Burmese favorite fish gravy rice-noodle မုန့်ဟင်းခါး | mone1 hin3 ga3 - Mont Hin Kha.
  
  ငှက်ဖျား | hnget-pfya3
  ငှက်ဖျားရောဂါ | hnget-pfya3 yau3-ga2 - malaria.
  
  ငှက်ဖျားမိ | hnget-pfya3 mi1 - contract malaria.
  
  ငှက်မြတ်နား | hnget ma1-na3 - pennant-shaped structure at the top of the pagoda.
  
  ငှက်မွေး | hnget mway3 - feather; plume; plumage.
  
  ငှက်မွေးအနု | hnget mway3 a-nu1 - down; soft fine feathers.
  
  ငှက်ဝါ | hnget wa2 - oriole, a tropical songbrid; mango bird.
  
  ငှက်သိုက် | hnget thite - (1) nest of bird. (2) edible bird-nest.
  
  ငှက်သင့် | hnget thin1 - suffer from malaria.