Burmese

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Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (khyan̊: "mutual"). Luce gives Old Chinese (OC *kaŋs, *ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ, “two keeping faithfully together”) as a cognate.[1] This appears to be a very obscure meaning within Sinitic.”

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰɪ́ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkyang: • ALA-LC: khyaṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: chin: • Okell: hcìñ

Pronoun

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ချင်း (hkyang:)

  1. (obsolete) (third person pronoun: he, she, it)

Particle

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ချင်း (hkyang:)

  1. particle suffixed to nouns to indicate one-by-one sequence
  2. particle suffixed to verbs to denote simultaneous action
  3. particle suffixed to nouns to indicate reciprocity or co-equality
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Etymology 2

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ချင်း (hkyang:)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kjaŋ (ginger), a well-known Wanderwort which supplies the word for "ginger" in most languages worldwide. Cognate with Old Chinese (OC *kaŋ) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: ဂျင်း
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʑɪ́ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkyang: • ALA-LC: khyaṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: gyin: • Okell: hcìñ

Noun

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ချင်း (hkyang:)

  1. ginger (plant)
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Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰɪ́ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkyang: • ALA-LC: khyaṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: chin: • Okell: hcìñ

Verb

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ချင်း (hkyang:)

  1. (archaic) to penetrate; to go through
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Etymology 4

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰɪ́ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkyang: • ALA-LC: khyaṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: chin: • Okell: hcìñ

Proper noun

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ချင်း (hkyang:)

  1. Chin (a tribe in Myanmar)
  2. (~ပြည်နယ်) Chin State (an administrative subdivision in Myanmar)
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Descendants
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  • Shan: ၶျၢင်း (khjáang)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AṄ Finals (23. Companion, Comrade; Each other; 3rd? Pers. Pronoun)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 71

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