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ရှာ

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *s/g-(y/r)a (“to seek, search, look for”), with no certain cognates outside of Lolo-Burmese (STEDT) except for Proto-Naish *sra (Li, 2025). Luce adduces Old Chinese 搜 (OC *sru, “to seek, look for”) as a cognate, which appears reasonable given the semantics and Old Chinese reconstruction.[1]

Despite similar modern pronunciations, almost certainly unrelated to Korean 찾 (chat, “to find”).

Verb

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ရှာ • (hra)

  1. to seek, search,[2] find, look for
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 (hra "( verb. affix )"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Particle

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ရှာ • (hra)

  1. word affixed to a verb to denote affection or sympathy
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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981), “-A Finals (96. to Seek, Search [Woodpecker])”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 6
  2. ^ "ရှာ" in KML DICTIONARY. Retrieved 1st December 2019.

Further reading

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