အဆိပ်

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-) +‎ ဆိပ် (hcip).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'ဆိပ်
• IPA^(key): /ʔəsʰeɪʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.hcip • ALA-LC: ʼachipʻ • BGN/PCGN: ăhseik • Okell: ăhseiʔ

Noun

အဆိပ် • (a.hcip)

1. poison, venom
2. (figuratively) power to do harm

Derived terms

• အဆိပ်ငွေ့ (a.hcipngwe.)
• အဆိပ်တက် (a.hciptak)
• အဆိပ်သင့် (a.hcipsang.)
• အပင်းအဆိပ် (a.pang:a.hcip)

 

Further reading

• “အဆိပ်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 40.
• “အဆိပ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese တံဆိပ် (tamhcip).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əchip/

Noun

အဆိပ် (əchip)

1. stamp (used in compounds)

References

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.