ဆီး
Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sʰí/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hci: • ALA-LC: chīʺ • BGN/PCGN: hsi: • Okell: hsì
Etymology 1
Verb
ဆီး • (hci:)
Derived terms
- ဖျက်ဆီး (hpyakhci:)
Etymology 2
Verb
ဆီး • (hci:)
- to wear (by wrapping round one's body)
Etymology 3
Adverb
ဆီး • (hci:)
- immediately on meeting
Etymology 4
Noun
ဆီး • (hci:)
Etymology 5
Onomatopoeic. Compare Thai ฉี่ (chìi).
Noun
ဆီး • (hci:)
Derived terms
- ဆီးသွား (hci:swa:, “to urinate”)
Etymology 6
Noun
ဆီး • (hci:)
- jujube; Chinese date
- name applied to succulent plum-like fruits
References
- “ဆီး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.