အစပ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'စပ်
• IPA^(key): /ʔəsaʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.cap • ALA-LC: ʼacapʻ • BGN/PCGN: ăsat • Okell: ăsaʔ

Etymology 1

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ စပ် (cap, “spicy”).

Noun

အစပ် • (a.cap)

1. hot, peppery taste; spiciness; spicy food

Etymology 2

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ စပ် (cap, “to connect”).

Noun

အစပ် • (a.cap)

1. a place where two edges meet
2. edge, border
3. blend, mixture
4. (formal) versification; composition
5. prosody

Derived terms

• အစပ်တည့် (a.captany.)
• အစပ်အဖာ (a.cap-a.hpa)
• အစေ့အစပ် (a.ce.a.cap)
• အဆက်အစပ် (a.hcak-a.cap)
• အနှံ့အစပ် (a.hnam.a.cap)

 

Further reading

• “အစပ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.