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Burmese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /sa̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ca. • ALA-LC: ca • BGN/PCGN: sa. • Okell: sá
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Letter
[edit]စ • (ca.)
- Ca, the 6th letter of the Burmese alphabet.
Etymology 1
[edit]According to Schuessler, related to Old Chinese 之 (OC *tjɯ, “to go, proceed”). An earlier derivation by Luce connects the word to Old Chinese 始 (OC *hljɯʔ, “to begin, start”), 初 (OC *sʰra, “initial, first”).[1]
Verb
[edit]စ • (ca.)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Mon: စ (ca /caʔ/)
Verb
[edit]စ • (ca.)
Derived terms
[edit]- စသည် (ca.sany)
Etymology 2
[edit]Particle
[edit]စ • (ca.)
- interrogative verbal particle
References
[edit]- “စ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- “စ, 1; စ, 2” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 340.
- ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-A finals (32. to Begin; Beginning)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 2)
Mon
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Mon စ (caʔ),[1] from Proto-Mon-Khmer *caʔ (“to eat”). Cognate with Nyah Kur จาʔ, Khmer ស៊ី (sii).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɕiəʔ/
- Note: This pronunciation was developed from Middle Mon in a phonetically irregular manner.[2]
- (Myanmar) IPA(key): /cɛʔ/
- (Thailand) IPA(key): /ceaʔ/[3]
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Letter
[edit]စ (ca)
- Ca, the sixth consonant of the Mon alphabet.
Verb
[edit]စ (ca)
- to eat.[4]
- to live on, to live (by the revenues of something)
- to divide (in arithmetic).
- to take (in chess and other games)
- {usually as va.} to begin, start {to}, do for the first time.
- to eat, to live on, by, by the revenues of, govern, to devide {in arithmetic}, to take, in chess and other games, wear away, erode.
Adverb
[edit]စ (ca)
- particle denoting generic or habitual aspect.
Derived terms
[edit](Verbs)
- (causative) ဗ္စ (baca)
(Nouns)
- သွ (swa)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Burmese စ (ca.).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]စ (ca)
References
[edit]- ^ Jenny, Mathias (2001). A Short Introduction to the Mon Language.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jenny, Mathias (2005) The verb system of Mon, University of Zurich, , →ISBN, page 199
- ^ Sujaritlak Deepadung (1996) “Mon at Nong Duu, Lamphun Province”, in Mon-Khmer Studies[1], volume 26, page 416
- ^ Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language[2], Rangoon: American Mission Press, page 57
Pali
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Particle
[edit]စ
- Burmese script form of ca (“and”)
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