စပ်

• IPA^(key): /saʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: cap • ALA-LC: capʻ • BGN/PCGN: sat • Okell: saʔ

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rtsap (“Sichuan pepper”), more specifically an adjectival derivative *mV-rtsap "spicy". The fact that this Burmese word has non-Burmish cognates took until Jacques & D'Alpoim Guedes (2023) to discover; these cognates include Kurtöp ཆ་ཝ (chawa, “Sichuan pepper”) and Tangut 𘟌 (*tsar¹, “pepper”).

This word had long been neglected in the literature beforehand; it is not given an etymology by STEDT (cap "hot, pungent"), and it is also not mentioned by Luce 1981.

စပ် • (cap)

1. (of taste) hot, stinging, spicy, piquant

စပ် • (cap)

1. (of eyes) to smart, sting

စပ် • (cap)

1. (regional, Danu) synonym of ငရုတ် (nga.rut, “chili”)^[1]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsjap (“to join, connect”). Cognate with Jingpho chyap (“to be on friendly terms; to adhere (as soot to a roof)”), Old Chinese 接 (OC *ʔseb, “to connect, contact”) (STEDT).

စပ် • (cap)

1. to adjoin, be adjacent, be in contact
2. to be connected or concerned with
3. to join things together
4. to mix, compound, blend
5. to be related to
6. to versify, compose
7. to negotiate (for sale of goods or a proposal for marriage)
8. (same as စပ်ယှက် (caphyak)) to have sexual relations

စပ် • (cap)

1. edge
2. one of a pair of semicircular planks forming a spokeless cart wheel

စပ် • (cap)

1. (obsolete) cage (for prisoners)

• “စပ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.