သိ
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Burmese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjej-s (“to know”). Compare with Tibetan ཤེས་པ (shes pa, “to understand; to know”), Chinese 悉 (xī, “to know”), Mizo thei (“can; to be able”), Chepang चीःसा (ciʔ‑, “to know; to understand”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /θḭ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: si. • ALA-LC: si • BGN/PCGN: thi. • Okell: thí
Verb
[edit]သိ • (si.)
- to know (be acquainted or familiar with; have knowledge of)
- 2006, Gene Mesher, Burmese for Beginners, page 113:
- ကိုဇော် ကိုဝင်းနဲ့ ကိုမင်းကို သိတယ်။
- kuijau kuiwang:nai. kuimang:kui si.tai||
- I know Ko Zaw, Ko Win and Ko Min.ကျွန်တော့် ဖုန်းနံပါတ် သိလား။
- kywantau. hpun:nampat si.la:||
- Do you know my phone number?
References
[edit]- “သိ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Mon
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]သိ (sɔeʔ)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]သိ (sɔeʔ)
S'gaw Karen
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Karen *soᴬ/ᴮ (“sheep”). Cognate with Western Pwo ၥိၪ. Compare Burmese သိုး (sui:).
Noun
[edit]သိ • (thoh)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Cognate with Eastern Pwo သောဟ် (θʊ́), Western Pwo ၥိၫ, Western Kayah ꤞꤢꤨ (thu).
Noun
[edit]သိ • (thoh)
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- Burmese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Burmese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Burmese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Burmese lemmas
- Burmese verbs
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- Mon nouns
- Mon terms borrowed from Pali
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- S'gaw Karen terms inherited from Proto-Karen
- S'gaw Karen terms derived from Proto-Karen
- S'gaw Karen lemmas
- S'gaw Karen nouns