ဆီ

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See also: ဆိ and ဆီး

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʰì/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hci • ALA-LC: chī • BGN/PCGN: hsi • Okell: hsi
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Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsil (“fat, grease; oil”). Compare Tibetan ཚིལ (tshil, “fat”) and possibly Old Chinese 脂 (OC *kji, “fat, grease”).

Noun

ဆီ • (hci)

  1. oil, grease
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 (chi "presence, nearness"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Vaguely resembles (in the same way as 脂 (*kji) for the "oil" sense) Old Chinese 指 (OC *kjiʔ, “to indicate”), 址 (OC *kjɯʔ, “location, address”).”

Postposition

ဆီ • (hci)

  1. word indicating direction or place
Derived terms

Further reading

Mon

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟhaam ~ *ɟhiim (“blood”). Cognate with Nyah Kur ชิม (chim), Khmer ឈាម (chiəm).

Pronunciation

Noun

ဆီ (chiṃ)

  1. blood

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen *chjaXᴬ ~ *chjaNᴬ (“chicken”). Cognate with Western Kayah ꤏꤛꤢꤩ꤭ (hsyē), Eastern Kayah chā, Eastern Pwo ဆင့် (châɴ), Pa'o Karen ဆျာ.

Pronunciation

Noun

ဆီ • (hsaw)

  1. chicken

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with Western Kayah ဆင့်.

Noun

ဆီ • (hsaw)

  1. story, level, section
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