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ဆီ

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See also: ဆိ and ဆီး

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sʰì/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hci • ALA-LC: chī • BGN/PCGN: hsi • Okell: hsi
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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsil (fat, grease; oil). Compare Tibetan ཚིལ (tshil, fat) and possibly Old Chinese (OC *kji, “fat, grease”).

Noun

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ဆီ (hci)

  1. oil, grease
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Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (chi "presence, nearness"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Vaguely resembles (in the same way as (*kji) for the "oil" sense) Old Chinese (OC *kjiʔ, “to indicate”), (OC *kjɯʔ, “location, address”).”

Postposition

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ဆီ (hci)

  1. word indicating direction or place
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Further reading

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Mon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟhaam ~ *ɟhiim (blood). Cognate with Nyah Kur ชิม (chim), Khmer ឈាម (chiəm).

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Noun

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ဆီ (chiṃ)

  1. blood

S'gaw Karen

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Karen *chjaXᴬ ~ *chjaNᴬ (chicken). Cognate with Western Kayah ꤏꤛꤢꤩ꤭ (hsyē), Eastern Kayah chā, Eastern Pwo ဆင့် (châɴ), Pa'o Karen ဆျာ.

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Noun

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ဆီ (hsaw)

  1. chicken

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Etymology 2

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Cognate with Western Kayah ဆင့်.

Noun

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ဆီ (hsaw)

  1. story, level, section