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သင်း

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See also: သင်

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /θɪ́ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sang: • ALA-LC: saṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: thin: • Okell: thìñ

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *b-s(u/a)ŋ (“to smell, scent; fragrant”). Cognate with Tibetan བསུང (bsung, “smell, sweet scent”) (STEDT); Luce's comparison with Old Chinese 香 (OC *qʰaŋ, “fragrance”)[1] appears outdated.

Verb

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သင်း • (sang:)

  1. to exude a pleasing aroma
  2. to sear, scorch, toast

Adjective

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သင်း • (sang:)

  1. aromatic
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Etymology 2

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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 (sâŋ "castrate"). Luce adduces Old Chinese 騸 (“to geld”) (which he mistakenly writes as 扇 (OC *hljen, *hljens)) as a cognate.[2]”

Verb

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သင်း • (sang:)

  1. to castrate (an animal), geld
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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. Related to သင် (sang, “you”)?”

Pronoun

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သင်း • (sang:)

  1. (derogatory) he; she
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See also
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Burmese personal pronouns
Burmese Person Level of
speech		 Remarks
ငါ (nga) First Informal used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
ကျွန်တော် (kywantau) First Formal used by males
ကျွန်မ (kywanma.) First Formal used by females
ကျွန်ုပ် First Informal
ကျုပ် (kyup) First Informal
နင် (nang) Second Informal used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
မင်း (mang:) Second Informal used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
ညည်း (nyany:) Second Informal used by females when addressing another female of same age or one younger
တော် (tau) Second Informal used by females
ခင်ဗျား (hkangbya:) Second Formal used by males
ရှင် (hrang) Second Formal used by females
သင် (sang), အသင် (a.sang) Second Formal
သူ (su) Third
သင်း (sang:) Third
ချင်း (hkyang:) Third

Etymology 4

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STEDT considers this equivalent to the "emit pleasant odor" sense of Etymology 1, though this semantic shift is non-trivial. Luce adduces Old Chinese 黨 (OC *taːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋʔ, “political party”) as a cognate,[3] though this seems outdated.

Noun

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သင်း • (sang:)

  1. (in compounds) society, association (same as အသင်း (a.sang:))
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Etymology 5

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by either STEDT or Luce 1981. Any relation to the "aromatic" sense of Etymology 1? Bears similarities to Old Chinese 爽 (OC *sraŋʔ, “refreshing, bright”).”

Adjective

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သင်း • (sang:)

  1. pure, solid, virtuous
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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AṄ Finals (130. to Diffuse Fragrance)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 77
  2. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AṄ Finals (131. to Geld; Castrated)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 77
  3. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AṄ Finals (132. a Group; to Associate with)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 77

Further reading

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