လက်ဖက်
Burmese
/lə.pʰɛk/, /lɛk.pʰak/
noun
Definitions
- tea plant
- pickled tea leaves
- pickled tea leaves mixed with other ingredients and served as a local delicacy, lahpet
- tea (plant or leaves).
Etymology
Borrowed from Burmese လက်ဖက် (tea, tea plant, fermented pickled tea) + Burmese လက် (hand, arm)+ Burmese ဖက် (embrace, leaf)inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (leaf, tea, flat thing).
Origin
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
*s-la
Gloss
leaf, tea, flat thing
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
葉
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lahpet English
- चा Hindi
- ဖက် Burmese
- လက် Burmese
- လက်ခံ Burmese
- လက်စွပ် Burmese
- လက်ဆောင် Burmese
- လက်ဆွဲသေတ္တာ Burmese
- လက်နှိပ်စက် Burmese
- လက်ဖက်သုပ် Burmese
- လက်မှတ် Burmese
- လက်ဝှေ့ Burmese
- လက်သည် Burmese
- လက်သည်း Burmese
- လက်သမား Burmese
- လက်သုတ်ပဝါ Burmese
- လက်သုပ်စုံ Burmese
- သုပ် Burmese
- ស្លឹក Chinese
- 茶 Chinese
- *pʷak Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- *s-la Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- *slaʔ Proto-Mon-Khmer
- ཇ Tibetan
- 茶 Mandarin
- çaý Turkmen
- *hlaᴮ Proto-Karen
- *la¹ Proto-Loloish
- လက် Old Burmese
- साहा Bodo (India)
- 茶 zhx