See also: သေ and သွေး

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /θé/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: se: • ALA-LC: seʺ • BGN/PCGN: the: • Okell: theì

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *z(y)əy (little, small, tiny); compare Old Chinese (OC *snɯːls, “small, minute”) (STEDT).

Adjective

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သေး (se:)

  1. small
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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: “Not given an etymology by STEDT (sê "noun affix 'yet'"). Perhaps a grammaticalization of Etymology 1?”

Particle

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သေး (se:)

  1. particle suffixed to a verb for emphasis: yet, still, so far
    စောပါသေးတယ်
    cau:pase:tai
    It was still early.
    မပြန်ချင်သေးပါဘူ
    ma.pranhkyangse:pabhu
    He doesn't want to go back yet.
  2. further, more, in addition
    ယိုးဒယားလိုလဲ ပြောတတ်သေးတယ်
    yui:da.ya:luilai: prau:tatse:tai
    She can speak Thai, too.
    ဘယ်သူ လာသေးသလဲ
    bhaisu lase:sa.lai:
    Who else came?
    (literally, “Who came in addition?”)
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Etymology 3

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Inherited from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *g-ts(y)i-t/n (urine; to urinate); compare Tibetan གཅིན། (gcin, urine). Doublet of ဆီး (hci:) (STEDT).

Noun

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သေး (se:)

  1. (vulgar) urine, piss
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Further reading

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Note 1