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စဲ

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See also: စဴ and ဆဲ

Burmese

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Etymology

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Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (câi "cease, stop, subside"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Vague phonetic and semantic resemblance to Old Chinese 遮 (OC *tjaː, “to block, obstruct”), though probably not related.”

Pronunciation

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Verb

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စဲ • (cai:)

  1. to cease, to stop[1]
    မိုးစဲသည်။ ― mui:cai:sany|| ― (literary) Rain ceases/ceased.
  2. to subside (of fire)[1]

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “စဲ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 384.

Further reading

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Mon

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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စဲ (cay)

  1. to dry spreading out in the sun[2]

Etymology 2

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Cognate to Bahnar si, Vietnamese chấy, Khmer ចៃ (cay), Khasi ksi.[3]

Noun

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စဲ (cay)[3]

  1. louse[2]

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra).

Noun

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စဲ (cay)

  1. traditional month roughly equivalent to April[2]
    Coordinate terms: ပုဟ်, မာ်, ဖဝ်ရဂိုန်, ပသာ်, ဇှ်ေ, ဒဂိုန်, ဂဍဲသဳ, ဘတ်, ဝဟ်, ကထိုန်, မြေက္ကသဵု

See also

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lunar months: စှ်ၜါရာသဳedit

References

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  1. ^ Sujaritlak Deepadung (1996) “Mon at Nong Duu, Lamphun Province”, in Mon-Khmer Studies‎[1], volume 26, page 415 of 411–418
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language‎[2], Rangoon: American Mission Press, pages 22, 58
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Peiros, Ilia (1998) Comparative Linguistics in Southeast Asia (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-142)‎[3], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 258
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