အကွက်

အကွက်

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese အတွက် (a.twak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əkwɛk/

Noun

အကွက် (əkwɛk)

1. (matter of) account
2. sake, behalf, for, for the sake of, on behalf of, for the use of
3. for the duration of
4. in order to, in order that, so as to
5. general nominalizing phrase head referring to future or hypothetical events, in indirect speech replacing an imperative construction

References

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.