ဆိတ်

Burmese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sʰeɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hcit • ALA-LC: chit‘ • BGN/PCGN: hseik • Okell: hseiʔ
  • Homophone: ဆိပ် (hcip)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-tsit. Cognate with Sichuan Yi ꍶ (chyt, “goat”), Drung vchit (“goat”).

ဆိတ်

Noun

ဆိတ် • (hcit)

  1. goat (animal)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

ဆိတ် • (hcit)

  1. to pinch (squeeze a small amount of skin)

References
  • “ဆိတ် 1 ‘goat’” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 406.
  • “ဆိတ် 3 ‘pinch’” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 407.
  • “ဆိတ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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