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သီ

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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: “Diverse array of meanings, all which are grouped together by MED. STEDT mentions the senses:
  • "string as beads"
  • "go by near, skim along"
  • "sing, chant"
  • "dim, as eyes from age"

and gives none of them etymologies.

Luce mentions the "sing" sense, tentatively adducing Old Chinese 伎 (OC *kjes, *ɡe, *ɡreʔ, “singing performer”), 妓 (OC *kre, *ɡreʔ, “female singing girl”);[1] these seem outdated. He also mentioned the "thread" sense, but adduces no cognates for it.[2]”

Pronunciation

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Verb

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သီ • (si)

  1. to string, skewer
  2. to compose
  3. to sing, chant
  4. to tack, make a running stitch
  5. to weaken, dim
  6. to come near, approach
  7. to recede into the distance, be distant

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-I and -E Finals (103. to Sing, Chant; Song)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 16
  2. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-I and -E Finals (104. to Thread, String (beads)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 16

Further reading

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Mon

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Burmese သိမ်း (sim:).

Verb

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သီ (sɛm)

  1. to collect (up), tidy away
  2. to bring to a conclusion

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Pali sīmā (“boundary”). Cognate with Burmese သိမ် (sim), Shan သိမ်ႇ (sìm) and Lao ສິມ (sim).

Noun

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သီ (sɛm)

  1. (Buddhism) ordination hall

References

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Pa'o Karen

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Etymology

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From Proto-Karen *sejᴬ (“dead, to die”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *si⁴ (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *səj (“to die”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen သံ (thee), Western Pwo ၥံၫ, Western Kayah ꤞꤛꤢꤩ꤭ (thyē).

Pronunciation

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  • (Northern & Southern Pa'o) IPA(key): /si̤³¹/

Adjective

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သီ (transliteration needed)

  1. dead.

Verb

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သီ (transliteration needed)

  1. to die.

S'gaw Karen

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Etymology

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From Proto-Karen *saNᴬ (“new”). Cognate with Eastern Pwo သင့် (θâɴ).

Adjective

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သီ • (thaw)

  1. new

Antonyms

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Classifier

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သီ • (thaw)

  1. Classifier for days.

References

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  • Luangthongkum, Theraphan (2019) “A view on proto-Karen phonology and lexicon”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society‎[2], volume 12, number 1

Shan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Thai สี (sǐi), Lao ສີ (sī), Lü ᦉᦲ (ṡii), Tai Dam ꪎꪲ, Phake ꩬီ (sī), Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (sī), Zhuang cae, Zuojiang Zhuang cae.

Verb

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သီ • (sǐi) (abstract noun လွင်ႈသီ)

  1. to rub; to scrape.

Etymology 2

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Cognate with Thai สี (sǐi), Lao ສີ (sī), Lü ᦉᦲ (ṡii).

Noun

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သီ • (sǐi)

  1. color.
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