Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedImperata cylindrica Beauvlexitron
sticklexitron
remain; strand; obstruct; be stuck; be pending; remain stuck; lodge inlexitron
shackles for prisoner's neck, pillory, cangue(archaic)wiktionary
cogon grass, thatch grass (Imperata cylindrica)wiktionary
to be stuck, to be lodged inwiktionary
to be left unfinishedwiktionary
Built from
From Proto-Tai *gaːᴬ (“stuck”), perhaps borrowed from Old Chinese 枷 (OC *ɡa, *ɡal, *kraːl, “cangue”). Cognate with Lao ຄາ (khā), Lü ᦅᦱ (kaa), Saek ค๊า, Tày cà, Zhuang gaz. From Proto-Tai *ɣaːᴬ (“thatch grass”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨤᩣ, Lao ຄາ (khā), Lü ᦆᦱ (xaa), Shan ၶႃး (kháa), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥰ (xäa), Ahom 𑜁𑜡 (khā), Tày cà, Zhuang haz and gaz (dialectal). Compare Proto-Hlai *Ciɦaː (“thatch grass”) (> haː¹~zaː¹~hjaː¹ across the different lects), Sui yal (“thatch grass”).