Burmese

Verb

ခွဲ • ‎(hkwai:) (Romanization: MLCTS: hkwai: • ALA-LC: khvai • BGN/PCGN: hkwè: • Okell: hkwè)

1. to split (divide along a more or less straight line)

Noun

ခွဲ • ‎(hkwai:) (Romanization: MLCTS: hkwai: • ALA-LC: khvai • BGN/PCGN: hkwè: • Okell: hkwè)

1. half
2. a traditional Burmese unit of volume equivalent to 2¼ imperial pecks or approximately 20.4574 liters

Related terms

See Appendix:Burmese units of measure.