ဆောင်း

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Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʰáʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hcaung: • ALA-LC: choṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: hsaung: • Okell: hsaùñ

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (shɔŋ² "wear / bear"). Luce adduces no cognates.[1]

Verb

ဆောင်း (hcaung:)

  1. to cover one's head, to wear (a hat or helmet etc.)
  2. to give something extra, supplement, contribute
  3. to catch fish with a bamboo conical basket by plunging it into the water

Noun

ဆောင်း (hcaung:)

  1. conical basket used in fishing (sometimes also used as a chicken coop)

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 (shɑ̃u⁵⁵ "winter"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Myanmar's cold season is also dry - is there a connection with Old Chinese (OC *saːwʔ, *saːws, “dry, parched”)? Also note strong similarities to (OC *sʰaːŋ, “cold”).”

Noun

ဆောင်း (hcaung:)

  1. cold season; winter (in temperate and polar regions)
    Synonyms: ဟေမန္တ (hemanta.), ဟေမန် (heman)
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See also

Seasons in Burmese · ရာသီ (rasi) (layout · text) · category
နွေဦး (nweu:, spring) ဝသန္တ (wa.santa., spring) နွေ (nwe, summer) ဂိမှာန် (gi.hman, summer) ဆောင်းဦး (hcaung:u:, autumn) ဆောင်း (hcaung:, winter) ဟေမန္တ (hemanta., winter)

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-OṄ Finals (27. to Shade, Cover with umbrella)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 85

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