သီ့

Eastern Pwo

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *sejᴬ (“to die”). Cognate with Pa'o Karen သီ, Western Pwo ၥံၫ, S'gaw Karen သံ (thee), Western Kayah ꤞꤛꤢꤩ꤭ (thyē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θi˥˩/

Verb

သီ့ (θî)

1. (Hpa-an, intransitive) to die

References

• A. Kato (2009) “A Basic Vocabulary of Htoklibang Pwo Karen with Hpa-an, Kyonbyaw, and Proto-Pwo Karen Forms”, in Asian and African Languages and Linguistics, volume 4, page 191