ဆပ်

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Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʰaʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hcap • ALA-LC: chapʻ • BGN/PCGN: hsat • Okell: hsaʔ

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (chap "repay"), while Luce 1981's comparison with Old Chinese 答 (OC *tkuːb, “to reply”) is phonetically unconvincing.”

Verb

ဆပ် • (hcap)

  1. to repay, pay back (a loan, act of kindness, etc.), do something out of gratitude
  2. to suffer for past misdeeds
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *tsap (“millet”). Compare also Nuosu ꏹ (jyp, “millet”) and Old Chinese 穄 (OC *ʔsleds, “millet”) (Schuessler, 2007: 299).

Noun

ဆပ် • (hcap)

  1. (Italian) millet (Setaria italica)
Derived terms

Further reading

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ဆပ် (hcap).

Pronunciation

Noun

ဆပ် (chɔp)

  1. panic millet

References

  • Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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