က

က

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

• Phonetic respellings: က, ဂ
• IPA^(key): /ka̰/, /ɡa̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ka. • ALA-LC: ka • BGN/PCGN: ka./ga. • Okell: ká/ká

• (file)

• The voiced pronunciation /ɡa̰/ occurs in the conjunction, particle, and postposition only, and only after a vowel or /ɴ/.
• When followed by ျ and ြ, forms digraphs ကျ and ကြ, pronounced /t͡ɕ/ (in unvoiced positions) or /d͡ʑ/ when voiced.

က • (ka.)

1. Ka, the first letter of the Burmese alphabet, called ကကြီး (ka.kri:) in Burmese.

က • (ka.)

1. if

   မိုးရွာက ― mui:rwaka. ― if it rains

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

က • (ka.)

1. indicates the subject of the sentence, a topic marker

   သူက ဦးမောင်မောင်ကို စောင့် နေမယ်။

   suka. u:maungmaungkui caung. nemai||

   He will wait for U Maung Maung.

က • (ka.)

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

က • (ka.)

1. to dance

• ကခုန် (ka.hkun)

From Mon က.

က • (ka.)

1. (only used in compounds) fish

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

From Proto-Karen *kʰaduʔ (“aeroplane”).

• IPA^(key): /kʰaduʔ/

က (transliteration needed)

1. aeroplane

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kaʔ (“fish”).

• IPA^(key): /kaˀ/

က (transliteration needed)

1. fish

က

1. Burmese script form of ka