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ပျစ်

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Burmese

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (pjiʔ⁴ "thick (porridge)". Luce gives Old Chinese (OC *mriɡ, “dense”), Tibetan རྦད་རྦོད (rbad rbod, thick, dense) as cognates.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pjɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: pyac • ALA-LC: pyacʻ • BGN/PCGN: pyit • Okell: pyiʔ

Adjective

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ပျစ် (pyac)

  1. (of fluids, liquids) thick, viscous

Verb

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ပျစ် (pyac)

  1. to be close, be together
  2. to make a mat of thatch (for roofing)

Noun

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ပျစ် (pyac)

  1. things lumped together in a mass

Classifier

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ပျစ် (pyac)

  1. numerical classifier for counting mats of thatching

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AC Finals (21. Thick, Dense)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 59

Further reading

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