သိုက်

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Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θaɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: suik • ALA-LC: suikʻ • BGN/PCGN: thaik • Okell: thaiʔ
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Etymology 1

သိုက်

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *(t)s(i/u)p (nest, womb, scrotum), one of a few Burmese lemmas with an -uik final that is thought to be inherited and not borrowed. Cognate with Jingpho tsip (nest) (STEDT).

Noun

သိုက် (suik)

  1. nest
  2. group, clique, bunch
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali sukha.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Is this "sukha" as in "pleasant"? If so, this is a non-trivial semantic shift from Pali to Burmese. Alternatively, is this su- (good) + a component kha from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanH- (to dig)?”

Noun

သိုက် (suik)

  1. treasure trove
  2. (of minerals) deposit
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Pali suti (hearing, rumor).

Noun

သိုက် (suik)

  1. prophecy, oracle
Derived terms

Further reading

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit शुक्र (śukra). Cognate with Burmese သောကြာ (sau:kra).

Proper noun

သိုက် (sak)

  1. (astronomy) (ဂြိုဟ် ~) Venus
  2. (astrology) Shukra
  3. (တ္ၚဲ ~) Friday

See also

(days of the week) ယၟုတ္ၚဲနွံပ္ဍဲစရင်ဂိတု; အဒိုတ်, စန်, အၚာ, ဗုဒ္ဓဝါ, ဗြဴဗတိ, သိုက်, သ္ၚိသဝ် (Category: mnw:Days of the week)

Etymology 2

From Pali sukha.

Verb

သိုက် (transliteration needed)

  1. to be well-to-do; rich