ခင်

• IPA^(key): /kʰɪ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hkang • ALA-LC: khaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: hkin • Okell: hkiñ

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *kaŋ (“father, grandfather, honorific”).

ခင် • (hkang)

1. a unisex given name

ခင် • (hkang)

1. to be loving, to be friendly.

ခင် • (hkang)

1. across the bleak land.

ခင် • (hkang)

1. to favorable, to ready (used in conjunction with မ (ma.)).

ခင် • (hkang)

1. a word that indicates that it has been done in advance.
2. when used in conjunction with a verb with the မ (ma.) prefix, not yet, a word that indicates not yet (before do, before eat).

ခင် • (hkang)

1. a word used in counting cotton.

ခင် • (hkang)

1. a stringed instrument such as a harp.

ခင် (khaṅ)

1. Alternative form of ခၚ်

From Proto-Karen *khaŋᴮ (“leg”). (Luangthongkum, 2019) Cognate with S'gaw Karen ခီၣ် (khaẁ), Western Pwo ခၪ့.

• (Northern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /kʰaŋ⁵⁵/
• (Southern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /kʰaŋ³³/

ခင် (transliteration needed)

1. leg.
2. foot.