စိမ်း

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See also: စိန်, စိမ့်, စွမ်း, and စှ်မွဲ

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *džim² (“raw”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *dz(y)im (“raw, green, unripe”) (STEDT). Cognate with Lolopo zzeir (“raw, uncooked”). Luce's comparison to Old Chinese 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ, “blue-green, young”), though semantically appealing, appears to be outdated phonetically.[1]

MED considers the "abandon" sense related, perhaps via semantic shift "raw" > "unfamiliar (not yet processed)" > "to leave unfamiliar" > "to abandon".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /séɪɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: cim: • ALA-LC: cimʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: sein: • Okell: seìñ

Adjective

စိမ်း • (cim:)

  1. green
  2. unripe
  3. raw, uncooked
  4. unfamiliar, not friendly, not intimate

Verb

စိမ်း • (cim:)

  1. to be unfamiliar, be not well-versed
  2. to forsake, abandon

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Burmese · အရောင် (a.raung) (layout · text)
     ဖြူ (hpru)      မီးခိုး (mi:hkui:)      မည်း (many:)
             နီ (ni); ကြက်သွေး (krakswe:)              လိမ္မော် (limmau); ညို (nyui)              ဝါ (wa); နို့နှစ် (nui.hnac)
             စိမ်းဝါ (cim:wa)              စိမ်း (cim:)              စိမ်းဖန့်ဖန့် (cim:hpan.hpan.); စိမ်းပုပ် (cim:pup)
             စိမ်းပြာ (cim:pra); စိမ်းပြာနက် (cim:pranak)              ကြည်ပြာ (kranypra)              ပြာ (pra)
             ခရမ်း (hka.ram:); မဲနယ် (mai:nai)              ပန်းခရမ်း (pan:hka.ram:); ပန်းခရမ်းပြာ (pan:hka.ram:pra)              ပန်း (pan:)

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-IM Finals (6. Green, Raw, Unripe, Uncivilized, Uncooked)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 44

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