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စပ်

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rtsap (Sichuan pepper), more specifically an adjectival derivative *mV-rtsap "spicy". The fact that this Burmese word has non-Burmish cognates took until Jacques & D'Alpoim Guedes (2023) to discover; these cognates include Kurtöp ཆ་ཝ (chawa, Sichuan pepper) and Tangut 𘟌 (*tsar¹, pepper).

This word had long been neglected in the literature beforehand; it is not given an etymology by STEDT (cap "hot, pungent"), and it is also not mentioned by Luce 1981.

Adjective

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စပ် (cap)

  1. (of taste) hot, stinging, spicy, piquant

Verb

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စပ် (cap)

  1. (of eyes) to smart, sting
Derived terms
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Noun

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စပ် (cap)

  1. (regional, Danu) Synonym of ငရုတ် (nga.rut, chili)[1]

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsjap (to join, connect). Cognate with Jingpho [script needed] (tśyap, to be on friendly terms; to adhere (as soot to a roof)), Old Chinese (OC *ʔseb, “to connect, contact”) (STEDT).

Verb

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စပ် (cap)

  1. to adjoin, be adjacent, be in contact
  2. to be connected or concerned with
  3. to join things together
  4. to mix, compound, blend
  5. to be related to
  6. to versify, compose
  7. to negotiate (for sale of goods or a proposal for marriage)
  8. (same as စပ်ယှက် (caphyak)) to have sexual relations

Noun

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စပ် (cap)

  1. edge
  2. one of a pair of semicircular planks forming a spokeless cart wheel

Derived terms

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Etymology 3

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. A semantic extension of the "connect" sense of Etymology 2 (connected object > cage)?”

Noun

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စပ် (cap)

  1. (obsolete) cage (for prisoners)

References

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  1. ^ ခင်စန္ဒာတိုး (2018) “နောင်ချိုဒေသရှိ ဓနုဒေသိယစကားမှ နေ့စဉ်သုံးစကားများလေ့လာချက်”, in Journal of the Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science[1] (in Burmese), volume XVI, number 6B, archived from the original on 11 November 2022

Further reading

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