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Burmese
Etymology
MED groups the "stroke, whittle" senses with the "wedge" sense, while STEDT implicitly separates the two and derives the "wedge" sense from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sap (“wedge”); compare Old Chinese 椄 (OC *ʔseb, “to graft”) (STEDT).
That said, it is possible that the verbal senses are related to the "wedge" sense, a wedge thus being a "whittled piece".
Pronunciation
Verb
သပ် • (sap)
- to stroke with hand
- to wipe
- to whittle or smooth down (a bamboo, etc.)
Noun
သပ် • (sap)
- wedge
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