သိုက်

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /θaɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: suik • ALA-LC: suikʻ • BGN/PCGN: thaik • Okell: thaiʔ
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Etymology 1

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သိုက်

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *(t)s(i/u)p (nest, womb, scrotum), one of a few Burmese lemmas with an -uik final that is thought to be inherited and not borrowed. Cognate with Jingpho tsip (nest) (STEDT).

Noun

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သိုက် (suik)

  1. nest
  2. group, clique, bunch
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Pali sukha.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Is this "sukha" as in "pleasant"? If so, this is a non-trivial semantic shift from Pali to Burmese. Alternatively, is this su- (good) + a component kha from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanH- (to dig)?”

Noun

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သိုက် (suik)

  1. treasure trove
  2. (of minerals) deposit
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Pali suti (hearing, rumor).

Noun

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သိုက် (suik)

  1. prophecy, oracle
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Further reading

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Sanskrit शुक्र (śukra). Cognate with Burmese သောကြာ (sau:kra).

Proper noun

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သိုက် (sak)

  1. (astronomy) (ဂြိုဟ် ~) Venus
  2. (astrology) Shukra
  3. (တ္ၚဲ ~) Friday

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(days of the week) ယၟုတ္ၚဲနွံပ္ဍဲစရင်ဂိတု; အဒိုတ်, စန်, အၚာ, ဗုဒ္ဓဝါ, ဗြဴဗတိ, သိုက်, သ္ၚိသဝ် (Category: mnw:Days of the week)

Etymology 2

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From Pali sukha.

Verb

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သိုက် (transliteration needed)

  1. to be well-to-do; rich