Burmese

edit

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /θí/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: si: • ALA-LC: sīʺ • BGN/PCGN: thi: • Okell: thì

Etymology 1

edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sej (fruit; rose; round object). Cognate with Tibetan སེ (se) and Lashi shí.

Noun

edit

သီး (si:)

  1. fruit

Verb

edit

သီး (si:)

  1. to bear fruit, to fruit
Derived terms
edit

Etymology 2

edit
 
သီး

Noun

edit

သီး (si:)

  1. wood apple (Limonia acidissima, syn. Feronia elephantum[1])
    Meronym: သီးသီး (si:si:)
edit

(Nouns)

See also
edit

Etymology 3

edit

Adjective

edit

သီး (si:)

  1. separate, discrete

References

edit
  1. ^ Ōno, Tōru (2000) ビルマ(ミャンマー)語辞典 [Burmese dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Daigakushorin, →ISBN, page 714