သစ်
See also: သွစ်
Burmese edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /θɪʔ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: sac • ALA-LC: sacʻ • BGN/PCGN: thit • Okell: thiʔ
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *siŋ ~ sik (“tree, wood”); compare Mandarin 薪 (xīn, “wood”) and Cantonese 薪 (san1, “wood”).
Noun edit
သစ် • (sac)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Perhaps from the same root as above; compare Middle Chinese 新 (MC sin, “new”). Cognate to Mandarin 新 (xīn, “new”) and Cantonese 新 (san1, “new”).
Adjective edit
သစ် • (sac)
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-zik (“leopard”). Cognate with Zhaba ʑe⁵⁵ mei⁵⁵ (“leopard/panther”)
Noun edit
သစ် • (sac)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- (felids) ကြောင်မျိုးရင်း (kraungmyui:rang:); ကျား (kya:, “tiger”), ကျားကျုတ် (kya:kyut, “leopard cat”), ကျားသစ် (kya:sac, “leopard”), ကြောင် (kraung, “domestic cat”), ခြင်္သေ့ (hkrangse., “lion”), နှင်းကျားသစ် (hnang:kya:sac, “snow leopard”), သစ်ကျုတ် (sackyut, “cheetah”), သစ်နက် (sacnak, “leopard”) (Category: my:Felids)
Further reading edit
- “သစ် 2” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 989.
- “သစ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.