ချစ်

Burmese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Burmese ချတ် (khyat) or Old Burmese ခေတ် (khet), ultimately inherited from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kri(k/ŋ). Cognate with Zaiwa [ˀcit].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɪʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hkyac • ALA-LC: khyacʻ • BGN/PCGN: chit • Okell: hciʔ

Verb

ချစ် • (hkyac)

1. to love

   ချစ်တယ်။

   hkyactai||

   I love you.

2. to be friendly
3. to scratch

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to love”): မုန်း (mun:, “to hate”)

Derived terms

• ချစ်ခင် (hkyachkang)
• ချစ်စနိုး (hkyacca.nui:)
• ချစ်ရာ (hkyacra)
• ချစ်သူ (hkyacsu)
• အချစ် (a.hkyac)

 

Proper noun

ချစ် • (hkyac)

1. a unisex given name

Rakhine

Alternative forms

• ချိုစ်
• ချိုက်

Etymology

Directly cognate with Burmese ချစ် (hkyac).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰaɪʔ/

Verb

ချစ် (transliteration needed)

1. to love

References

• “ချစ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• Nishi, Y. (1999). Old Burmese: toward the history of Burmese. Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology, 23(3), 659-692.