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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 (se¹ sɑp⁴ "careful / attentive"). MED groups the "put closely" sense with the "seed" sense, which appears to be incorrect. Luce gives Old Chinese 齊 (OC *zliːl, *zliːls, “to order, arrange”) as a cognate.[1]”
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Verb
စေ့ • (ce.)
- to come up to a specified number or time
- to put or keep any two things tightly close together with no space in between; close
- to be meticulous; be thorough
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzəy (“seed, testicle, round object”). Cognate with Old Chinese 粢 (OC *ʔsli, “millet (Setaria italica)”) (STEDT).
Noun
စေ့ • (ce.)
- seed (same as အစေ့ (a.ce.))
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See စေ (ce).
Postposition
စေ့ • (ce.)
- Alternative form of စေ (ce, “marker indicating wish or command”)
Particle
စေ့ • (ce.)
- Alternative form of စေ (ce, “effectuation particle”)
References
- ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-I and -E Finals (27. Complete; Uniform)”, 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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