သစ်

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Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sac • ALA-LC: sacʻ • BGN/PCGN: thit • Okell: thiʔ

Etymology 1

Perhaps from the same root as the "tree" sense in Etymology 2; compare Middle Chinese 新 (MC sin, “new”). Cognate to Mandarin 新 (xīn, “new”) and Cantonese 新 (san1, “new”).

Adjective

သစ် • (sac)

  1. new
Derived terms

Etymology 2

သစ် (sac)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *siŋ ~ sik (“tree, wood”); compare Mandarin 薪 (xīn, “wood”) and Cantonese 薪 (san1, “wood”).

Noun

သစ် • (sac)

  1. wood, timber
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-zik (“leopard”). Cognate with Zhaba ʑe⁵⁵ mei⁵⁵ (“leopard/panther”)

Noun

သစ် • (sac)

  1. leopard
Derived terms

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