သစ်

See also: သွစ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θɪʔ/

Romanization: MLCTS: sac • ALA-LC: sac‘ • BGN/PCGN: thit • Okell: thiʔ

Etymology 1

သစ် (sac)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *siŋ ~ sik (“tree, wood”); compare Mandarin 薪 (xīn, “wood”) and Cantonese 薪 (san1, “wood”).

Noun

သစ် • (sac)

wood, timber

Derived terms

သစ်ပင် (sacpang)
သစ်တော (sactau:)
သစ်သား (sacsa:)
သစ်သီး (sacsi:)

Etymology 2

Perhaps from the same root as above; compare Middle Chinese 新 (MC siɪn, “new”), Mandarin 新 (xīn, “new”) and Cantonese 新 (san1, “new”).

Adjective

သစ် • (sac)

new

References

“သစ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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