စုပ်

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See also: စပ်, စားပွဲ, and စှ်ပိ

Burmese

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Etymology

As a Sino-Tibetan word, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-tsjup (“to suck”).

Areally, compare also Thai สูบ (sùup), Lao ສູບ (sūp), Lü ᦉᦳᧇᧈ (ṡub¹), Khmer ជប់ (cup), ស្រូប (sroup) (possible doublets), Zhuang sup or cup.

The "soak up" and "tighten" senses aren't mentioned STEDT, though they are implicitly treated as semantic extensions of the "suck" sense by MED.

Verb

စုပ် • (cup)

  1. to suck (to use the mouth to pull in (liquid etc.))
  2. to soak up
  3. to tighten

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