ဆါ

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen *chaᴬ (“ill, painful, sick”). Cognate with Eastern Pwo ဆာ့.

Noun

ဆါ • (hsah)

1. pain

Adjective

ဆါ • (hsah)

1. sick
2. painful

Derived terms

• ခိၣ်ဆါ (khoh̀ hsah)

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Karen [Term?].

Adjective

ဆါ • (hsah)

1. sour

See also

Basic tastes in S'gaw Karen (layout · text)
အဆၢ (ʼa hsuh)	အဆံၣ် (ʼa hseè)	အဟီ (ʼa haw)	အခၣ် (ʼa khà)	အဟဲ (ʼa heh)	အရီၢ် (ʼa raw̱) / အဝံၣ် (ʼa weè)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Karen *caᴬ (“sell”).

Verb

ဆါ • (hsah)

1. to sell

Derived terms

• ပှၤဆါတၢ်ဖိ (phgā hsah ta̱ hpoh)

 

References

• Luangthongkum, Theraphan (2019) “A view on proto-Karen phonology and lexicon”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society‎^[1], volume 12, number 1