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သိပ်

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Burmese

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Etymology

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Causative of အိပ် (ip).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “STEDT considers the "compress, crowd" meaning separate from the "put to sleep" meaning, and leaves the origin of the former open (though MED combines them), while Luce 1981 does not mention this lemma. The colloquial "very" meaning is semantically more likely to derive from the "compress" than the "put to sleep" sense.”

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /θeɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sip • ALA-LC: sipʻ • BGN/PCGN: theik • Okell: theiʔ

Verb

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သိပ် (sip)

Burmese verb set
Base အိပ် (ip)
Causativeသိပ် (sip)
  1. to compress, crowd, cram, stuff
  2. to cause to sleep, put to sleep
  3. to rest to alleviate (perspiration)
  4. to subside, settle
  5. to keep (something) overnight

Descendants

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  • Mon: သိက်

Adverb

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သိပ် (sip)

  1. (colloquial) very, very much, so
    သိပ်မကြိုက်ဘူး။
    sipma.kruikbhu:||
    I don’t like it very much.
    သိပ်စည်တယ်။
    sipcanytai||
    It was very crowded.
    လူ သိပ်မရှိဘူး။
    lu sipma.hri.bhu:||
    There weren’t very many people.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • သိပ်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 1024.
  • သိပ်” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
  • သိပ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • သိပ်” in Wörterbuch Burmesisch–Deutsch (VEB Verlag Enzykolopädie Leipzig 1976), by Annemarie Esche.