Translingual

Letter

က

1. Ka, the first letter of the Burmese alphabet.

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka̰/
• (conjunction, particle, and postposition only): IPA^(key): /ɡa̰/ (after a vowel or /ɴ/)

Conjunction

က • ‎(ka.) (Romanization: MLCTS: ka. • ALA-LC: ka • BGN/PCGN: ka./ga. • Okell: ká/ká)

1. if

   မိုးရွာက‎ ― mui:rwaka. ― if it rains

Synonyms

• ရင် ‎(rang)
• လျှင် ‎(hlyang) (literary)
• အကယ်၍ ‎(a.kairwe)

Letter

က • ‎(ka.) (Romanization: MLCTS: ka. • ALA-LC: ka • BGN/PCGN: ka. • Okell: ká)

1. Ka, the first letter of the Burmese alphabet

Particle

က • ‎(ka.) (Romanization: MLCTS: ka. • ALA-LC: ka • BGN/PCGN: ka./ga. • Okell: ká/ká)

1. indicates the subject of the sentence

   သူက ဦးမောင်မောင်ကို စောင့် နေမယ်။‎

   suka. u:maungmaung caung. nemai

   He will wait for U Maung Maung.

Postposition

က • ‎(ka.) (Romanization: MLCTS: ka. • ALA-LC: ka • BGN/PCGN: ka./ga. • Okell: ká/ká)

1. in, on (in reference to a point in time in the past)

   ပြီးခဲ့တဲ့နှစ်က‎ ― pri:hkai.tai.hnacka. ― (in the) last year

2. from (in reference to a place)

   တောင်ဘက်က‎ ― taungbhakka. ― from the south

   ရန်ကုန်က‎ ― rankunka. ― from Rangoon

Verb

က • ‎(ka.) (Romanization: MLCTS: ka. • ALA-LC: ka • BGN/PCGN: ka. • Okell: ká)

1. to dance

References

• “က” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, ISBN 0-7007-1381-6), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
• “က” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Mon

Noun

က ‎(kaˀ)

1. fish

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vedic Sanskrit कः ‎(kaḥ).

Pronoun

က

1. (interrogative) who