ချစ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Burmese ချတ် (khyat) or Old Burmese ခေတ် (khet), ultimately inherited from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kri(k/ŋ) (“to love”). Cognate with Zaiwa [script needed] (ˀcit), Tibetan [script needed] (h̥kʻrig-pa, “to copulate”) (STEDT). Compare also Old Chinese 吉 (OC *klid, “auspicious”) (Hill 2019, p. 228).

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

• ချစ်ကျွမ်းဝင် (hkyackywam:wang)
• ချစ်ကြည်ရေး (hkyackranyre:)
• ချစ်ကြိုက် (hkyackruik)
• ချစ်ခင် (hkyachkang)
• ချစ်စနိုး (hkyacca.nui:)
• ချစ်ယုတ် (hkyacyut)
• ချစ်ရာ (hkyacra)
• ချစ်သူ (hkyacsu)
• ငယ်ချစ် (ngaihkyac)
• ပဲတီချစ် (pai:tihkyac)
• မျက်ချစ်ဆေး (myakhkyachce:)
• မျိုးချစ် (myui:hkyac)
• မျိုးချစ်စိတ် (myui:hkyaccit)
• လူချစ်လူခင်ပေါ (luhkyacluhkangpau:)
• အချစ် (a.hkyac)

 

Proper noun

ချစ် • (hkyac)

1. a unisex given name

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kyit (“to burn, scorch”); cognate with Lahu [script needed] (chîʔ, “hot (enough to burn)”). The root bears strong resemblance to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-(t)sik (“to burn, itch; angry”), which may or may not be related. If related, see Old Chinese 疾 (OC *zid, “swift; illness”) for more (STEDT).

Adjective

ချစ် • (hkyac)

1. burnt

Derived terms

• ချစ်ချစ်တောက် (hkyachkyactauk)
• ခါးချစ် (hka:hkyac)
• တူးချစ် (tu:hkyac)
• ပူချစ် (puhkyac)

 

Further reading

• “ချစ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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.