သိ

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Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjej-s (“to know”). Compare with Tibetan ཤེས་པ (shes pa, “to understand; to know”), Chinese 悉 (xī, “to know”), Mizo thei (“can; to be able”), Chepang चीःसा (ciʔ‑, “to know; to understand”).

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Verb

သိ • (si.)

  1. to know (be acquainted or familiar with; have knowledge of)
    • 2006, Gene Mesher, Burmese for Beginners, page 113:
      ကိုဇော် ကိုဝင်းနဲ့ ကိုမင်းကို သိတယ်။
      kuijau kuiwang:nai. kuimang:kui si.tai||
      I know Ko Zaw, Ko Win and Ko Min.
      ကျွန်တော့် ဖုန်းနံပါတ် သိလား။
      kywantau. hpun:nampat si.la:||
      Do you know my phone number?

Derived terms

Further reading

Mon

Etymology 1

Noun

သိ (sɔeʔ)

  1. rice beer, rice spirits

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali isi.

Noun

သိ (sɔeʔ)

  1. hermit

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen *soᴬ/ᴮ (“sheep”). Cognate with Western Pwo ၥိၪ. Compare Burmese သိုး (sui:).

Noun

သိ • (thoh)

  1. sheep.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with Eastern Pwo သောဟ် (θʊ́), Western Pwo ၥိၫ, Western Kayah ꤞꤢꤨ (thu).

Noun

သိ • (thoh)

  1. fat; oil.
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