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
3. Used as a reflexive noun: self

   တဘၣ်ထိၣ်သတြီၤနသးဒီးပှၤအဂၤနီတဘျီတဂ့ၤ

   ta bà hṭoh̀ tha traw̄na thädaẅ phgā ʼa ghā naw ta blaw ta ghaȳ

   Never compare yourself with others.

4. Used to make a non-agentive verb out of an agentive verb, similar to an anticausative marker.

   ပဲတြီအိးထီၣ်ဃာ်အသး

   peh trawʼoḧ hṭaẁ xạ ʼa thä

   The window is open.

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• သးက့ၣ် (thä kaỳ)
• သးကွံ (thä kwee)
• သးကိၢ် (thä koẖ)
• သးခု (thä khu)
• သးဂ့ၤ (thä ghaȳ)
• 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