စေ

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See also: စေး and စေ့

Burmese

Etymology

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Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (ce "send on business, employ"). Luce adduces Old Chinese 使 (OC *srɯʔ, *srɯs, “to order, send someone, use”) as a cognate, which appears semantically and phonetically reasonable.[1]”

Verb

စေ • (ce)

  1. to ask, order, command (someone) to do (something)
  2. to send someone on an errand

Postposition

စေ • (ce)

  1. postpositional marker indicating a command or sanction

Particle

စေ • (ce)

  1. particle suffixed to a verb denoting effectuation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-I and -E Finals (33. to Cause, Send, Employ, May...!)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 11

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