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Burmese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *z(y)əy (“little, small, tiny”); compare Old Chinese 細 (OC *snɯːls, “small, minute”) (STEDT).
Adjective
သေး • (se:)
- small
Derived terms
Etymology 2
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Particle
သေး • (se:)
- particle suffixed to a verb for emphasis: yet, still, so far
စောပါသေးတယ်- cau:pase:tai
- It was still early.
မပြန်ချင်သေးပါဘူ- ma.pranhkyangse:pabhu
- He doesn't want to go back yet.
- further, more, in addition
ယိုးဒယားလိုလဲ ပြောတတ်သေးတယ်- yui:da.ya:luilai: prau:tatse:tai
- She can speak Thai, too.
ဘယ်သူ လာသေးသလဲ- bhaisu lase:sa.lai:
- Who else came?
- (literally, “Who came in addition?”)
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Etymology 3
Inherited from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *g-ts(y)i-t/n (“urine; to urinate”); compare Tibetan གཅིན། (gcin, “urine”). Doublet of ဆီး (hci:) (STEDT).
Noun
သေး • (se:)
- (vulgar) urine, piss
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