ဆိတ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sʰeɪʔ/

Romanization: MLCTS: hcit • ALA-LC: chit‘ • BGN/PCGN: hseik • Okell: hseiʔ
Homophone: ဆိပ် (hcip)

Etymology 1

ဆိတ်

Noun

ဆိတ် • (hcit)

goat (animal)

Derived terms

ဆိတ်ကုလား (hcitku.la:)
ဆိတ်ထီး (hcithti:, “he-goat”)
ဆိတ်မ (hcitma., “she-goat”)

Etymology 2

Verb

ဆိတ် • (hcit)

to pinch (squeeze a small amount of skin)

References

“ဆိတ် 1 ‘goat’” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 406.
“ဆိတ် 3 ‘pinch’” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 407.
“ဆိတ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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