ဥက္ကာ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowing from Pali ukkā, from Sanskrit उल्का (ulkā).

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: အုပ်ကာ

IPA^(key): /ʔoʊʔkà/

Romanization: MLCTS: ukka • ALA-LC: ukkā • BGN/PCGN: okka • Okell: ouʔka

Noun

ဥက္ကာ • (ukka)

(astronomy) meteor

Synonyms

ဥပါကြယ် (u.pa-krai)

Further reading

“ဥက္ကာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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