စကား

Burmese

Etymology

The second syllable is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka (“word; speech; language”); cognate with Tibetan བཀའ (bka').

Pronunciation
  • Phonetic respelling: ဇ'ဂါး
  • IPA(key): /zəɡá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ca.ka: • ALA-LC: cakā″ • BGN/PCGN: zăga: • Okell: săkà
  • Homophone: စံကား (camka:)

Noun

စကား • (ca.ka:)

  1. language (system of communication using words or symbols)
  2. word

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