သီ

Mon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛm/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Burmese သိမ်း (sim:).

Verb

သီ (sɛm)

  1. to collect (up), tidy away
  2. to bring to a conclusion

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali sīmā (boundary). Cognate with Burmese သိမ် (sim), Shan သိမ်ႇ (sìm) and Lao ສິມ (sim).

Noun

သီ (sɛm)

  1. (Buddhism) ordination hall

References

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

Pa'o Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *sejᴬ (dead, to die) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *si⁴ (idem) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *səj (to die). Cognate with S'gaw Karen သံ (thee), Western Pwo ၥံၫ, Western Kayah ꤞꤛꤢꤩ꤭ (thyē).

Pronunciation

  • (Northern & Southern Pa'o) IPA(key): /si̤³¹/

Adjective

သီ (transliteration needed)

  1. dead.

Verb

သီ (transliteration needed)

  1. to die.

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *saNᴬ (new).

Adjective

သီ (thaw)

  1. new

References

  • Luangthongkum, Theraphan (2019), “A view on proto-Karen phonology and lexicon”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, volume 12, issue 1

Shan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʰiː˨˦/
  • Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

Cognate with Thai สี (sǐi), Lao ສີ (), ᦉᦲ (ṡii), Tai Dam ꪎꪲ, Phake ꩬီ (), Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (), Zhuang cae, Zuojiang Zhuang cae.

Verb

သီ (sǐi) (abstract noun လွင်ႈသီ)

  1. to rub; to scrape.

Etymology 2

Cognate with Thai สี (sǐi), Lao ສີ (), ᦉᦲ (ṡii).

Noun

သီ (sǐi)

  1. color.
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