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သီး

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /θí/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: si: • ALA-LC: sīʺ • BGN/PCGN: thi: • Okell: thì

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sej (“fruit; rose; round object”). Cognate with Tibetan སེ (se) and Lashi shí. Luce compares Old Chinese 實 (OC *ɦliɡ, “fruit; substance”),[1] though modern reconstructions of the Old pronunciation do not match very well.

The "choke" sense is grouped with the "fruit" sense by MED, though whether they are indeed related is unclear.

Noun

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သီး • (si:)

  1. fruit

Verb

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သီး • (si:)

  1. to bear fruit, to fruit
  2. (figuratively) to be flushed with; to raise a bump
  3. to choke while drinking
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Semantic specialization of Etymology 1? Wood apples are a type of fruit.”)

 
သီး

Noun

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သီး • (si:)

  1. wood apple (Limonia acidissima, syn. Feronia elephantum[2])
    Meronym: သီးသီး (si:si:)
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Etymology 3

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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 (sî "put a space between, divide, separate"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Related to Old Chinese 廝 (OC *se, “mutually, reciprocal”)? or 撕 (OC *seː, *se, “to tear”)?”

Adjective

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သီး • (si:)

  1. separate, discrete
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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-I and -E Finals (105. Fruit; to Fruit)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan‎[1], London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN
  2. ^ Ōno, Tōru (2000) ビルマ(ミャンマー)語辞典 [Burmese dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Daigakushorin, →ISBN, page 714

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