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ဆီ

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See also: ဆိ and ဆီး

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sʰì/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hci • ALA-LC: chī • BGN/PCGN: hsi • Okell: hsi
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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsil (fat, grease; oil). Compare Tibetan ཚིལ (tshil, fat) and possibly Old Chinese (OC *kji, “fat, grease”).

Noun

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ဆီ (hci)

  1. oil, grease
Derived terms
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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 (chi "presence, nearness"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Vaguely resembles (in the same way as (*kji) for the "oil" sense) Old Chinese (OC *kjiʔ, “to indicate”), (OC *kjɯʔ, “location, address”).”

Postposition

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ဆီ (hci)

  1. word indicating direction or place
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Further reading

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Mon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟhaam ~ *ɟhiim (blood). Cognate with Nyah Kur ชิม (chim), Khmer ឈាម (chiəm).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ဆီ (chiṃ)

  1. blood

S'gaw Karen

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Karen *chjaXᴬ ~ *chjaNᴬ (chicken), ultimately from Austroasiatic (Luce 1985). Compare Mon စာင်. Cognate with Western Kayah ꤏꤛꤢꤩ꤭ (hsyē), Eastern Kayah chā, Kayan Sû̌, Eastern Pwo ဆင့် (châɴ), Western Pwo ဆၫ့, Pa'o Karen ဆျာ, Northern Pwo ช๊าง, Geba Karen Scĭ, Bwe Karen Shih́.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ဆီ (hsaw) (classifier ဘ့ၣ်)

  1. chicken

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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Cognate with Western Kayah ဆင့်.

Noun

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ဆီ (hsaw)

  1. story, level, section