သေ

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See also: သေး

Burmese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Burmese သိယ် (siy), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sij (“to die”). Compare Chinese 死 (sǐ), Dzongkha ཤི (shi).

The "stable" and "wine" senses are grouped with the "die" sense by MED, perhaps as "dying" is a form of "stability (no action)"; for a semantic parallel, compare English die down.

Pronunciation

Verb

Burmese verb set
Base သေ (se)
Causativeသတ် (sat)

သေ • (se)

  1. to die (stop living)
  2. to be paralyzed
  3. to stop functioning
  4. to be stable, be seasoned

Synonyms

Adjective

သေ • (se)

  1. dead (no longer living)

Derived terms

Noun

သေ • (se)

  1. fermented alcoholic drink; wine

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “သေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.

Pa'o Karen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen *k-sreᵀ (“horse”). Cognate with Western Pwo ကၥ့ၪ or ၥ့ၪ, Western Kayah ꤒꤢ꤬ꤞꤤ (tàthi), S'gaw Karen ကသ့ၣ် (ka thaỳ). Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔseh (“horse”) and Danau ထေ (tʰè).

Noun

သေ (sè)

  1. horse

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

သေ (sè)

  1. to know
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