စိပ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: cip • ALA-LC: cipʻ • BGN/PCGN: seik • Okell: seiʔ

Etymology 1

Adjective

စိပ် • (cip)

  1. close, near (in time or space)
    Antonym: ကျဲ (kyai:)

Verb

စိပ် • (cip)

  1. to be set or placed closely
  2. to occur at close intervals

Derived terms

  • ကွက်စိပ် (kwakcip)
  • ကွက်စိပ်ရိုက် (kwakcip-ruik)
  • ခွေးသွားစိပ် (hkwe:swa:cip)
  • ပိုက်စိပ်တိုက် (puikciptuik)
  • ဘီးစိပ် (bhi:cip)
  • သလင်းစိပ် (sa.lang:cip)

Etymology 2

Verb

စိပ် • (cip)

  1. to intone
    ဂါထာစိပ် ― gahtacip ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. to tell the beads
    ဂုဏ်တော်ကိုးပါးစိပ် ― guntaukui:pa:cip ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Luce, G. H. (1981) “-IP Finals (37. to be Set close (of beads); to combine)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 38

Further reading

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Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese စေ့ (ce.).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cip/

Verb

စိပ် (cip)

  1. to be set close together, edge to edge

References

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