ဆါ

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen *chaᴬ (ill, painful, sick), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *tsə (hot; fever; hurt; ill; hungry). Cognate with Eastern Pwo ဆာ့ (châ), Western Pwo ဆၫ, Burmese ဆာ (hca).

Noun

ဆါ • (hsah)

  1. pain

Adjective

ဆါ • (hsah)

  1. sick
  2. painful
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Karen [Term?].

Adjective

ဆါ • (hsah)

  1. sour

See also

Basic tastes in S'gaw Karen (layout · text)
အဆၢ (ʼa hsuh) အဆံၣ် (ʼa hseè) အဟီ (ʼa haw) အခၣ် (ʼa khà) အဟဲ (ʼa heh) အရီၢ် (ʼa raw̱) / အဝံၣ် (ʼa weè)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Karen *caᴬ (sell). Cognate with Eastern Pwo ဆာ့ (châ), Western Pwo ဆၫ, Pa'o Karen စာ ().

Verb

ဆါ • (hsah)

  1. to sell
Derived terms
  • ပှၤဆါတၢ်ဖိ (phgā hsah ta̱ hpoh)

References

  • Luangthongkum, Theraphan (2019) “A view on proto-Karen phonology and lexicon”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society[1], volume 12, number 1