သိ

သိ

Burmese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θḭ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: si. • ALA-LC: si • BGN/PCGN: thi. • Okell: thí

Verb

သိ • (si.)

1. to know (be acquainted or familiar with; have knowledge of)
   • 2006, Gene Mesher, Burmese for Beginners, p. 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?

References

• “သိ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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Mon

Noun

သိ (sɔeʔ)

1. rice beer, rice spirits

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali isi.

Noun

သိ (sɔeʔ)

1. hermit

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S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

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

Noun

သိ • (thoh)

1. sheep.

Derived terms

• သိဖါ (thoh hpah)
• သိမိၢ် (thoh moẖ)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

သိ • (thoh)

1. fat; oil.