စစ်

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Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: cac • ALA-LC: cacʻ • BGN/PCGN: sit • Okell: siʔ
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Etymology 1

Per Hill (2019) (p. 27), from an earlier proto-Burmish (“*dzik”), and cognate with Old Chinese 爭 (OC *ʔsreːŋ, “to fight, dispute”) and the first syllable of Tibetan ཟིང་ཆ (zing cha, “quarrel, dispute”).

Noun

စစ် • (cac)

  1. war

Adjective

စစ် • (cac)

  1. military
Derived terms

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (cac "filter, strain; examine"). Luce gives Old Chinese 篩 (OC *sreːl, *srel, *sri, “sieve; to strain”) as a cognate.[1] Though the Old Chinese reconstruction isn't particularly close, it does bear some resemblance to that of 爭 (OC *ʔsreːŋ), which is thought to be cognate with the sense in Etymology 1 based on the comparative method.”

Verb

စစ် • (cac)

  1. to drain, strain off or out, filter
  2. to inspect, to examine
  3. to interrogate
  4. to be genuine, pure, real
  5. to recede, dwindle, become leaner
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Adjective

စစ် • (cac)

  1. genuine, pure, real

Etymology 3

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “This is a "wastebasket" where MED got lazy and didn't assign any of these into their respective etymologies. Most, if not all of these, probably derive from the "strain, sift" sense of Etymology 2.”

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References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AC Finals (8. Sieve; to Sift)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 58

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