သး

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen *saʔᴰ (“heart”). Cognate with Western Pwo ၥၭ, Eastern Pwo သာ (θà), Pa'o Karen သꩻ.

Noun

သး • (thä)

1. heart
2. mind, soul

Usage notes

This word co-occurs with သူၣ် (thoò, “liver”) in many four-syllable compounds, also known as elaborate expressions.

Derived terms

• သးက့ၣ် (thä kaỳ)
• သးကွံ (thä kwee)
• သးကိၢ် (thä koẖ)
• သးခု (thä khu)
• သးစံၣ် (thä seè)
• သးဒ့ဒီ (thä day daw)
• သးလီ (thä law)
• သးဟ့ (thä hay)
• သးအု (thä ʼu)

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Karen [Term?].

Verb

သး • (thä)

1. to itch