Burmese edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Lolopo yixr (to lie down, to sleep), Jingpho yup (to sleep), Drung ip (to sleep), Yakkha युप्‍मा (jup‍ma, to sleep) and Naxi yil (to sleep). Doublet of သိပ် (sip).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʔeɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ip • ALA-LC: ʼipʻ • BGN/PCGN: eik • Okell: eiʔ

Verb edit

အိပ် (ip)

  1. to sleep
Burmese verb set
Base အိပ် (ip)
Causativeသိပ် (sip)

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