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Burmese
Pronunciation
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 (cûi "concerned, anxious"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Related to the "rule, control" sense of Etymology 2? For a semantic parallel note the Sinitic compound 操心 (cāoxīn, “worry, care”), featuring the character 操 (OC *sʰaːw, *sʰaːws, “to conduct, manage”).”
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Verb
စိုး • (cui:)
- to fear; to be afraid of; to be anxious about
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *m-dzəw² (“ruler, lord, emperor”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-dzəw (“chief, master, lord”). Cognate with Tangut (dzju, “ruler, lord, emperor”) (STEDT); Luce additionally gives Old Chinese 主 (OC *tjoʔ, “lord”) as a cognate.[1]
Verb
စိုး • (cui:)
- to rule; to manage; to control
Derived terms
References
- ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UIW Finals (21. Rule; Ruler; to Rule)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 28
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