ဆေး

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʰé/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hce: • ALA-LC: che″ • BGN/PCGN: hse: • Okell: hseì

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-tsəj (“medicine; juice; paint”). Compare Tibetan རྩི (rtsi), Chinese 漆 (OC *sʰiɡ).

Noun

ဆေး • (hce:)

  1. medicine (substance which promotes healing)
  2. paint (substance which adds color)
  3. tobacco
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəj (“to wash”).

Verb

ဆေး • (hce:)

  1. to wash (clean with water)
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