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သည်

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respellings: သေ, သီ, +သေ, +သီ
  • IPA(key): /θè/, /θì/, /ðè/, /ðì/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sany • ALA-LC: saññʻ • BGN/PCGN: the/thi/dhe/dhi • Okell: thei/thi/thei/thi

Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (sañ "( nominative affix )"), though it seems to be identical to sañ "owner, proprietor", which STEDT links to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *sin (body, owner, agentive nominalizer). Said root is traditionally linked to Old Chinese (OC *qʰjin, “body”), though more recent analyses cast this in doubt; see the Chinese for more.”

Particle

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သည် (sany)

  1. -er, -ist (particle suffixed to some nouns to denote a practitioner of some trade or a person in a particular plight or situation)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (sañ "this"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Alternative forms

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Determiner

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သည် (sany)

  1. (literary) this

Postposition

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သည် (sany)

  1. (literary) postpositional marker placed at the end of sentence
Usage notes
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Burmese is a diglossic language. This construct is used exclusively in the formal, literary (written) register. See synonyms for the informal, colloquial (spoken) equivalent form(s).

Synonyms
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  • (e) (formal, literary)
  • တယ် (tai) (informal, colloquial)

Pronoun

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သည် (sany)

  1. this place; here
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Further reading

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