သိပ်

Burmese

Etymology

Causative of အိပ် (ip).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeɪʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: sip • ALA-LC: sipʻ • BGN/PCGN: theik • Okell: theiʔ

Verb

သိပ် • (sip)

1. to compress, crowd, cram, stuff
2. to cause to sleep

Burmese verb set

Base	အိပ် (ip)
Causative	သိပ် (sip)

Descendants

• → Mon: သိက်

Adverb

သိပ် • (sip)

1. (colloquial) very, very much

   သိပ်မကြိုက်ဘူး။

   sipma.kruikbhu:||

   I don’t like it very much.

   သိပ်စည်တယ်။

   sipcanytai||

   It was very crowded.

   လူ သိပ်မရှိဘူး။

   lu sipma.hri.bhu:||

   There weren’t very many people.

Synonyms

• တယ် (tai)
• အရမ်း (a.ram:)
• အလွန် (a.lwan)

References

• “သိပ်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 1024.
• “သိပ်” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
• “သိပ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• “သိပ်” in Wörterbuch Burmesisch–Deutsch (VEB Verlag Enzykolopädie Leipzig 1976), by Annemarie Esche.