စဉ်းစား

Burmese

Alternative forms

  • စင်းစား (cang:ca:) — obsolete

Etymology

စဉ်း (cany:, “to mince”) +‎ စား (ca:, “to consume, do for a living”); the first component is assigned to both "mince" and "steelyard" by MED, though the latter makes little sense.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: စဉ်းဇား
  • IPA(key): /sɪ́ɴzá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: cany:ca: • ALA-LC: cañʻʺcāʺ • BGN/PCGN: sin:za: • Okell: sìñsà

Verb

စဉ်းစား • (cany:ca:)

  1. to think (communicate to oneself in one's mind), consider

Usage notes

ထင် (htang) implies opinions and quick impressions, while စဉ်းစား (cany:ca:) and တွေး (twe:) imply deep pondering and past reminiscing.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Mon: စန်စာ
  • → Shan: ၸဵၼ်းၸႃး (tsáen tsáa)

Further reading

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