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သိ

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Burmese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjej-s (to know). Compare with Tibetan ཤེས་པ (shes pa, to understand; to know), Chinese (, to know), Mizo thei (can; to be able), Chepang चीःसा (ciʔ‑, to know; to understand).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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သိ (si.)

  1. to know (be acquainted or familiar with; have knowledge of)
    • 2006, Gene Mesher, Burmese for Beginners, page 113:
      ကိုဇော် ကိုဝင်းနဲ့ ကိုမင်းကို သိတယ်။
      kuijau kuiwang:nai. kuimang:kui si.tai||
      I know Ko Zaw, Ko Win and Ko Min.
      ကျွန်တော့် ဖုန်းနံပါတ် သိလား။
      kywantau. hpun:nampat si.la:||
      Do you know my phone number?

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Mon

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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သိ (sɔeʔ)

  1. rice beer, rice spirits

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Pali isi.

Noun

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သိ (sɔeʔ)

  1. hermit

S'gaw Karen

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Karen *soᴬ/ᴮ (sheep). Cognate with Western Pwo ၥိၪ. Compare Burmese သိုး (sui:).

Noun

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သိ (thoh)

  1. sheep.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Cognate with Eastern Pwo သောဟ် (θʊ́), Western Pwo ၥိၫ, Western Kayah ꤞꤢꤨ (thu).

Noun

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သိ (thoh)

  1. fat; oil.