Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sɛʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: cak • ALA-LC: cakʻ • BGN/PCGN: set • Okell: seʔ

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Pali cakka. Doublet of စကြာ (ca.kra).

Noun

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စက် (cak)

  1. circle; wheel; cycle
  2. weaponry
  3. machine, machinery, manufactory
  4. mill
  5. authority, controlling power
  6. characteristic marks of the Buddha
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Descendants
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  • Shan: ၸၢၵ်ႈ (tsāak)
  • Jingpho: jak
  • S'gaw Karen: စဲး (seḧ)
  • Western Kayah: ꤡꤢꤧ (cae)
  • Zaiwa: svdiq

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (cak "sleep ( of divinity )") and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Verb

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စက် (cak)

  1. (honorific, royal) to sleep
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Etymology 3

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The "droplet" sense is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-dz(y)ak (to drip, drop). Cognate with Tibetan ཐིགས (thigs, to drip); Luce also compares Old Chinese (OC *teːɡ, “to drip; drop”).[1]

The "spread, touch in a chain" sense is grouped with the "drop" sense by MED (as a chain of drops spreads). However, STEDT apparently separates it out, assigning the "spread" sense to a Proto-Lolo-Burmese *C-cak (to push) (Written Burmese: cak "transmit impetus; to propagate or be propagated"), whence Lahu [script needed] (tsa⁵, to push).

Verb

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စက် (cak)

  1. to touch one after another in a chain; to spread

Noun

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စက် (cak)

  1. a drop

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Etymology 4

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (cak "make equal in weight, counterpoise") and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”

Verb

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စက် (cak)

  1. to counterbalance, counterpoise; to weigh against or compare with (something)

References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AK Finals (10. a Drop; to fall in drops)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan[1], London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • စက် 1 ‘wheel’” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 341.
  • စက်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • စက်” in Wörterbuch Burmesisch–Deutsch (VEB Verlag Enzykolopädie Leipzig 1976), by Annemarie Esche.
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