သဲ

သဲ

Burmese

သဲ

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/z)a-j (“earth, sand, soil”). Compare Chinese 沙 (OC *sraːl, *sraːls, “sand”).

Proto-Tai *zwɯəjᴬ (“sand”), whence Thai ทราย (saai), Lao ຊາຍ (sāi) and Zhuang saiz, was probably borrewed from Proto-Sino-Tibetan or one of its descendants.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: sai: • ALA-LC: sai • BGN/PCGN: thè: • Okell: thè

Noun

သဲ • (sai:)

1. sand

Derived terms

• သဲကျောက် (sai:kyauk, “sandstone”)

References

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