သပ်

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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 (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

  • IPA(key): /θaʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sap • ALA-LC: sapʻ • BGN/PCGN: that • Okell: thaʔ

Verb

သပ် (sap)

  1. to stroke with hand
  2. to wipe
  3. to whittle or smooth down (a bamboo, etc.)

Noun

သပ် (sap)

  1. wedge

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