ဆောင်း

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sʰáʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hcaung: • ALA-LC: choṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: hsaung: • Okell: hsaùñ

Etymology 1

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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 (shɔŋ² "wear / bear"). Luce adduces no cognates.[1]”

Verb

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ဆောင်း • (hcaung:)

  1. to cover one's head, to wear (a hat or helmet etc.)
  2. to give something extra, supplement, contribute
  3. to catch fish with a bamboo conical basket by plunging it into the water

Noun

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ဆောင်း • (hcaung:)

  1. conical basket used in fishing (sometimes also used as a chicken coop)

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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 etymology by STEDT (shɑ̃u⁵⁵ "winter"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Myanmar's cold season is also dry - is there a connection with Old Chinese 燥 (OC *saːwʔ, *saːws, “dry, parched”)? Also note strong similarities to 凔 (OC *sʰaːŋ, “cold”).”

Noun

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ဆောင်း • (hcaung:)

  1. cold season; winter (in temperate and polar regions)
    Synonyms: ဟေမန္တ (hemanta.), ဟေမန် (heman)
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See also

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Seasons in Burmese · ရာသီ (rasi) (layout · text) · category
နွေဦး (nweu:, “spring”) ဝသန္တ (wa.santa., “spring”) နွေ (nwe, “summer”) ဂိမှာန် (gi.hman, “summer”) ဆောင်းဦး (hcaung:u:, “autumn”) ဆောင်း (hcaung:, “winter”) ဟေမန္တ (hemanta., “winter”)

References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-OṄ Finals (27. to Shade, Cover with umbrella)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 85

Further reading

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