ဆိမ့်

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *dz(y)im. Cognate to Tibetan ཞིམ་པོ (zhim po).

to be rich in taste, to be pleasant to the taste, to be delicious, to be savory


တည်ဆောက်

တည် ဆောက် (canonical)
tanyhcauk (romanization)

တည် (tany, “to build”) + ဆောက် (hcauk, “to construct”).


တည်တံ့

တည် တံ့ (canonical)
tanytam. (romanization)

to be constant, to be steadfast, to endure


အမွေခွဲ

/ʔəmwèkʰwɛ́/


တီ

Compare တည် (tany) (STEDT: ti "clear up wild ground ( < tañ )"). MED considers this equivalent to the "worm" sense of Etymology 4.


တိ

to pare off in order to make even, to cut off a little bit and evenly


မှည့်

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sV-min (“to be ripe”).

inh

အနာပြည်မှည့်

ခန္ဒါမှည့်သော်

ဒီဟာမလေးတော်တော်မှည့်တယ်။


မှည့်

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-meŋ (“name; to name, command”).


ကိတ်

my-verb

ကိတ် • (kit)

(slang) to be voluptuous; to be full-figured


စဲ

မိုးစဲသည်။


ယက်

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *hjak ~ *hwak (“to scratch”); cognate with Mizo hiat (“scratch”) (STEDT).

inh

(rowing) to stroke (with an oar), paddle, scratch


ကြက်သီးထ

/t͡ɕɛʔθéɪɴtʰa̰/


ကြက်သီးမွေးညင်းထ

my-verb

ကြက်သီးမွေးညင်းထ

ကြက်သီးမွေးညင်းထ • (kraksi:mwe:nyang:hta.)

/t͡ɕɛʔθéɪɴmwéɲɪ́ɴtʰa̰/

/t͡ɕɛʔθímwéɲɪ́ɴtʰa̰/


ထက်ဝယ်ဖွဲ့ခွေ

/tʰɛʔwɛ̀pʰwɛ̰kʰwè/

ထက်ဝယ် (htak-wai) is a borrowing from Mon (ဂဇံ)ထဝါဲ (“to sit cross-legged”), with Burmese verbs ဖွဲ့ (hpwai., “to bind together”) and ခွေ (hkwe, “to coil, to curl”) added. See also Burmese ထားဝယ် (hta:wai).

(Buddhism, also applied to Kings) to sit cross-legged


စားမြုံ့ပြန်

စားမြုံ့ပြန်

စား မြုံ့ ပြန် (canonical)
mrum.pran (romanization)

my:စားမြုံ့ပြန်ကောင်


ဆုံးဖြတ်

/sʰóʊɴpʰjaʔ/

ဆုံး (hcum:, “to come to an end”) + ဖြတ် (hprat, “to sever”).

af

ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်

ဆုံးဖြတ်ခြင်း

to settle (as a doubtful question or a case in law)


ယုံကြည်

to believe cordially, to trust implicitly


ချိတ်

cog

Tibetan དགྱེ་ (dgye, “to bend; curving”)


ဟော

→ Shan: ႁေႃး (háu)


စို့

inh

Proto-Tibeto-Burman *dzy(ə/o)w (“to suck, kiss; breast, milk”)

cog

Akha [script needed] (a˯ coeˇ, “breast; milk”)


ခေါက်

och-l

敲 (OC *kʰraːw, *kʰraːws, “to knock, beat”)


ဖြည့်

Causative form of ပြည့် (prany., “(to be) full”).


ခိုးစား

→ Jingpho:

ခိုး (hkui:, “to steal”) + စား (ca:, “to eat”)

compound

to eat without prior permission against others' advice (e.g., during Sabbath)

(slang) to be unfaithful, to cheat on a significant other


သူကောင်းပြု

သူကောင်း (sukaung:, “noble”) + ပြု (pru.)

af

(of a king) to raise somebody to the rank of a noble


သူကောင်းမြှောက်

my-verb

သူကောင်းမြှောက် • (sukaung:hmrauk)

/θùɡáʊɴm̥jaʊʔ/

သူကောင်း (sukaung:, “noble”) + မြှောက် (hmrauk)


သူနိုင်ငါညှဉ်းလုပ်

my-verb

သူနိုင်ငါညှဉ်းလုပ် • (sunuingngahnyany:lup)

/θùnàɪɴŋàɲ̊ɪ́ɴloʊʔ/

သူ (su) + နိုင် (nuing) + ငါ (nga) + ညှဉ်း (hnyany:) + လုပ် (lup)

af

to mistreat each other whenever opportunity occurs


သူပုန်ထ

/ðəbòʊɴtʰa̰/

သူပုန် (supun, “rebel”) + ထ (hta., “to rise”)


ကပ်စေးနှဲ

ကပ် (kap, “to come close, stick”) + စေး (ce:, “sticky, clammy”) + နှဲ (hnai:, “to knead, sticky”).


စမတ်ကျ

Partially borrowed from English smart + ကျ (kya., “to fall”)


ကျေနပ်

ကျေ (kye, “to be cancelled out”) + နပ် (nap, “to be fully cooked, worth it”).


အလိုရှိ

အလို (a.lui, “desire, need”) + ရှိ (hri., “to exist, to be”)

com

...အလိုမရှိ


ထိန်းသိမ်း

my-verb

ထိန်းသိမ်း • (htin:sim:)

ထိန်း (htin:, “to take care of”) + သိမ်း (sim:, “to keep, to take possession of”)

com

ပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ထိန်းသိမ်းရေး


နစ်

STEDT doesn't give an etymology for the word (nac "sink into, be immersed"), while Luce compares Old Chinese 涅 (OC *niːɡ, “black mud”), and Schuessler 溺 (OC *njewɢ, *neːwɢ, “to drown, submerge”).


လျှော

ncog

Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/s-lwat (“to free, release, slip”)

och-l

脫 (OC *l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd, “to take off clothes, slip off, escape”)


စိတ်ကူး

my-verb

စိတ်ကူး • (citku:)


အုံ့

အုံ့ • (um.)

Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r(u/i)m (“dark; shade; dusk; twilight”); compare Old Chinese 陰 (OC *qrɯm, “overcast”) (whence Korean 음 (eum, “dark, shady”), which is particularly close in pronunciation to the Burmese).


ဖော်လံဖား

/pʰɔ̀làɴpʰá/

Borrowed from Hokkien 扶𡳞脬 (phô͘-lān-pha). The indigenized calque is Burmese ဘောမ (bhau:ma.).

bor+

to brownnose or curry favor, flatter in a servile way


ဖြတ်

Causative formation of ပြတ် (prat, “to sever”) (STEDT).

to go across, cross (e.g. a river, stream, street)


ပြေ

Probably an areal word; see Chinese 解 (jiě, “to unravel”) for more.

to be settled or paid up (of debts, taxes, etc.)


ကျွတ်

From a prefixed form of Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/s-lwat (“to free, release”); see also လွတ် (lwat, “to be free from”) (STEDT).

inh

to be free (from all restrictions), be unfettered, be untrammeled


သွန်

Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjwar ~ g/b-sjwa-n/t (“flow; pour; scatter; spill; sow; broadcast”). Compare Old Chinese 散 (OC *saːnʔ, *saːns, “to scatter”).

inh+

to pour out, to spill, to shed, to empty, to go all out


ယှက်

to entwine; interlace; join or clasp (of hands)


ယား

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-ja (“to itch”) (STEDT). Compare Tibetan གཡའ (g.ya', “idem”) and perhaps Old Chinese 癢 (OC *laŋʔ, “idem”).

(figuratively) to itch to do or say something, champ at the bit


လှုပ်

my-verb

လှုပ် • (hlup)


မှတ်

→ Khün: ᨾᩣ᩠ᨯ (maat²)

→ Lü: ᦙᦱᧆ (maad)

→ Shan: မၢတ်ႈ (māat)

→ Tai Nüa: ᥛᥣᥖ (maat)


နိပ်

နိပ် • (nip)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nup ~ nip. Cognate with Tibetan ནུབ (nub, “to fall (gradually), sink, to set; to decay, to decline”) and Chinese 入 (rù, “to enter”).


နင်း

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *(s-)nak ~ naŋ² (“to step on, tread”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-nak ~ *naŋ (“to step on”); cognate with Lahu [Term?] (nâʔ, “to step on”) (STEDT). Luce additionally adduces Old Chinese 蹂 (OC *mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus, “to trample, ruin”) as a cognate (though recent Old Chinese reconstructions do not support a link).

och-l

to step or walk on the body of someone in order to relieve the stiffening of muscles


နွမ်း

→ Shan: ၼုင်း (núng)


ပက်

ခြံတစ်ဖက်ကမ်းမှ မိန်းကလေးတစ်ဦး ရေပက်ခံရသည်။

A girl from the other side of the yard was splashed with water.

(of a barking deer) to slash (with its tusks)


ကဲ

According to Hill (2019), the "overdo" sense is related to Old Chinese 嘉 (OC *kraːl, “excellent, auspicious; to praise”).
It is unclear whether the "oversee" sense is related to the "overdo" sense, though MED groups them together.

to overdo, exceed, go beyond accepted limit


သရော်

嘲 (OC *ʔr'eːw, “to mock, ridicule; to twitter”)


အားလပ်

my-verb

အားလပ် • (a:lap)

အား (a:, “to be free”) + လပ် (lap, “to be vacant”).


ကျင်

The "excrement" (and perhaps "decayed") senses are from Burmese *r/s-kja(k/ŋ) (“shit, excrement”). Compare Tibetan སྐྱག་པ་ (skyag pa, “feces”), as well as possibly Old Chinese 去 (OC *kʰaʔ, *kʰas, “to leave, get rid of”).
The "feel pain" sense, despite MED, may not be related to the above senses.


အောင်မြင်

အောင် (aung, “to be victorious”) + မြင် (mrang, “to see, perceive”).


ထမ်း

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tam (“to carry on shoulder”), which appears to be an areal word. Cognate with Old Chinese 擔 (OC *taːm, *taːms, “idem”) (STEDT).


ပျောက်

my-verb

ပျောက် • (pyauk)


ပူး

(astronomy, astrology) to be in conjunction

to bring together, clasp together, stick together, stay close to each other


သိမ်း

သိမ်း • (sim:)

STEDT derives the "gather in" sense from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *zim (“to collect, gather”), comparing Jingpho sím (“to store up, put away”), and the "withdraw" sense from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *sjim (“to sweep”), whence perhaps Old Chinese 侵 (OC *sʰim, “to gradually go in, invade”). MED groups all senses together, as there appears to be significant semantic conflation.


ကျူးကျော်

my-verb

ကျူးကျော် • (kyu:kyau)


ဆုံ

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *dzum³/¹ ~ tsum¹ (“pair, even number”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzum ~ tsum (“pair”) (STEDT). By synchronic analysis, a causative formation related to စုံ (cum, “to be completed, sufficient”); see there for more.


ပြောင်

Cognate with Burmese ပြင်း (prang:) (STEDT).


ဟောင်

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *haw(ŋ/k) (“to bark”). Compare Middle Chinese 吼 (MC xuwX|xuwH, “to roar; to shout”).


ဟောင်

to be rancid; to give off a bad odour; to stink


ကြွား

desc

→ Shan: ၵျွႃး

→ Shan: ၵျွႃး

Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981, though per Schuessler (2007), compare Old Chinese 誇 (OC *kʰʷraː, “to boast, exaggerate”), which is a virtually exact match both phonetically and semantically.


တာ

cog

Proto-Kuki-Chin *taʔ (“to gauge, measure”)

och-l

圖 (OC *daː, “diagram; to plot, plan; to draw”)


သမ

Borrowed from Pali sama (“even, equal, impartial”), from Sanskrit सम (sama, “same, even, equal”). Compare Khmer សម (sɑm), Thai สม (sǒm).


မြှုပ်နှံ

/m̥joʊʔn̥àɴ/


မြှုပ်

my-verb

မြှုပ် • (hmrup)


ရေငတ်

ရေ (re, “water”) + ငတ် (ngat, “to starve”).

af

to be short of water (as in the case of plants)


သန့်ရှင်း

သန့် (san., “clean, pure”) + ရှင်း (hrang:, “to clear, tidy up, solve”).


ပြန့်

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(p/b)ljaŋ (“plank; palm; flat surface; wing”), whence Jingpho phun-pyen (phun⁵⁵ pjen³³, “plank”), Chinese 平 (“flat and even”).


အိုင်

my-verb

အိုင် • (uing)

(of water, liquid) to collect on a surface

(figuratively, of dramatic and literary works) to be drawn out


သာယာ

Mon: သာယျာ

desc

Shan: သႃႇယႃႇ (sàa yàa), ႀႃႇယႃႇ (xàa yàa)


သွတ်

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *swat (“to stick into”), with cognates outside of Lolo-Burmese either undiscovered or lacking; cognate with Danu သွတ် (STEDT).
The "quick" sense is grouped with the "insert" sense by MED, though it is unclear if they are etymologically connected; Luce 1981 mentions neither sense, and STEDT does not mention the "quick" sense.


လှပ်

(regional, Myingyan) to open (a door or window)


စပ်စု

to be inquisitive, intrusive, meddlesome, nosey


မြည်

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mreŋ (“sound; noise; animal cry”); cognate with Chinese 鳴 (OC *mreŋ, “to make a sound”), 鈴 (OC *reːŋ, “bell”), 笙 (OC *sreŋ) (STEDT).


ငြင်း

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋra-k/ŋ (“to meet; to encounter”); cognate with Chinese 迎 (OC *ŋaŋ, “to welcome”), 逆 (OC *ŋraɡ, “to greet; to go against; to resist”) (STEDT).

och-l

to refuse to accept; to decline (an offer)


စက်တော်ခေါ်

my-verb

စက်တော်ခေါ် • (caktauhkau)

/sɛʔdɔ̀kʰɔ̀/


လျောင်းစက်

(honorific, royal, of nobility) to sleep


မိန့်

မိန့် • (min.)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-miŋ (“name; to order, command”) (STEDT); cognate with Old Chinese 命 (OC *mreŋs, “order, command”).

inh

(honorific, of royalty and monks) to speak, say


အညောင်းဆန့်

/ʔəɲáʊɴsʰa̰ɴ/

အ- (a.-) + ညောင်း (nyaung:) + ဆန့် (hcan.)

af

(honorific, royal, figurative) to go on a campaign or journey


စားတော်ခေါ်

head

စားတော်ခေါ် • (ca:tauhkau)

(honorific, of royalty) to eat, to partake in a meal


သေးပေါက်

my-verb

သေးပေါက် • (se:pauk)

သေး (se:, “pee”) + ပေါက် (pauk, “explode”)


ဆီးသွား

ဆီး (hci:, “urine”) + သွား (swa:, “to go”)


အီးပါ

my-verb

အီးပါ • (i:pa)


မစင်စွန့်

/məsɪ̀ɴsʊ̰ɴ/


အမျက်တော်ရှ

/ʔəmjɛʔdɔ̀ʃa̰/

အ- (a.-) + မျက် (myak) + -တော် (-tau) + ရှ (hra.)


ဥပုသ်ဆောင်ဝင်

/ʔṵboʊʔsʰàʊɴwɪ̀ɴ/

ဥပုသ် (u.pus) + ဆောင် (hcaung) + ဝင် (wang)

(honorific, royal) to observe the sabbath


စိုး

och-l

操 (OC *sʰaːw, *sʰaːws, “to conduct, manage”)

to fear; to be afraid of; to be anxious about


စိုး

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *m-dzəw² (“ruler, lord, emperor”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-dzəw (“chief, master, lord”). Cognate with Tangut [script needed] (dzju, “ruler, lord, emperor”) (STEDT); Luce additionally gives Old Chinese 主 (OC *tjoʔ, “lord”) as a cognate.


ကူးပြောင်းဆဲကာလ

my-noun

ကူးပြောင်းဆဲကာလ • (ku:praung:hcai:kala.)

/kúpjáʊɴsʰɛ́kàla̰/


ပင်

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *baŋ (“tired, exhausted”), and cognate with the first syllable of Kaang Chin [Term?] (bɔŋ³⁵ kʉ³¹, “tired”). This root is very likely allofamic with Proto-Tibeto-Burman *bal (“tired, thirsty”), whence ပန်း (pan:, “tired”) (STEDT).

cog

(especially in compounds) to be laden, be heavy, be weighed down, be weary


အုပ်

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ʔup (“to cover, incubate, hatch”). Cognate with Mizo [Term?] (up, “shelter”). The Tibeto-Burman root is likely allofamic with Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)wap (“to hatch, incubate, cover”), the latter whence Old Chinese 蓋 (OC *kaːbs, *kaːb, *ɡaːb, “to cover”) (STEDT).

cog

to give another coating using a different color

to add coriander or garnishes when the pot is about to be put down

to cover ripe fruit with something (burlap, straw) to ripen it

to complete a rhyme, cap a verse, add antistrophe

(slang) to harass the other side (with hard words, etc.), to attack


ကွာ

Base form of ခွာ (hkwa, “to pull away, peel”).


စိပ်

my-verb

စိပ် • (cip)

och-l

緝 (OC *sʰib, “to seize; to weave (close threads)”)

擠 (OC *ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls, “to crowd, squeeze”)


စိပ်

my-verb

စိပ် • (cip)

ဂါထာစိပ်

ဂုဏ်တော်ကိုးပါးစိပ်


စုံ

Mon: စုံ

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *dzum³/¹ ~ tsum¹ (“pair, even number”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzum ~ tsum (“pair”). Cognate with ဆုံ (hcum, “to meet, coincide”), Old Chinese 雙 (OC *sroːŋ, “pair”) (whence Sino-Xenic borrowings including Korean 쌍 (ssang, “pair”)) (STEDT). Compare also Thai สอง (sɔ̌ɔng, “two”) (Schuessler (2007)), 重 (OC *doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs, “to duplicate”).
The "jungle" sense is grouped with the "pair" sense by MED, though it is unclear if it is indeed related.

och-l

to be sufficient, complete in number, qualification, variety


ထုပ်

Inherited from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *tup ~ tip ~ tum (“to wrap up and tie”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tip ~ *tu(p/m) (“to wrap up”). Cognates include Mizo tuam (“to wrap”), Old Chinese 蠶 (OC *zluːm, “silkworm”) (STEDT).
Whether the "crossbeam" meaning is related is uncertain; MED appears to consider it related, while STEDT does not (htup "beam").

inh

to pack, bundle, wrap (with paper, leaves, etc.)

(of cabbage, etc.) to develop a head of leaves


ဖန်

to have irritating sensation (in the eye)


ဖန်

to clean newly-picked cotton, coir, etc.


ယုတ်

my-verb

ယုတ် • (yut)


သက်

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *zakᴸ (“to descend”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *zak (“idem”). Cognate with Akha [script needed] (zàq, “to descend”) (STEDT).


သာ

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-sal (“clear, bright, pleasant”). Cognate with Tibetan སལ་བ། (sal ba, “clear, distinct, bright”), Old Chinese 粲 (OC *sʰaːns, “bright, splendid”), 燦 (OC *sʰaːns, “bright, lustrous”) (STEDT).


ကွက်

According to Luce, related to Old Chinese 國 (OC *kʷɯːɡ, “country, nation”), which seems to be tentatively supported by Schuessler; see the Chinese for more.

to mark off a square or circular figure, make a box pattern; to tonsure

to be marked with a square or circular pattern; to be confined to a certain area


တန်း

Etymology disputed; candidate roots include Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t(r)waŋ (“straight; straighten”), Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-tjak/ŋ ~ tik/ŋ (“good; very; real; straight”), and Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-(t/d)jam (“to fill, flat”). Compare also with Old Chinese 正 (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs, “upright”).
The "form, class, grade" sense is considered equivalent with the "straight" sense by MED, and neither STEDT nor Luce 1981 mention this sense. That said, note similarities to 段 (OC *doːns, “section; grade, level”) for the "class, grade" sense.

inh

to stretch something out or lay out in a straight line

(in personal relationships) to become cold and distant

to remain at a certain level or degree without fluctuation


မျှော

to set adrift, let adrift, set afloat, cause to float (be supported by a liquid)

(figuratively) to give (someone) plenty of rope


စဉ်

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dziŋ (“relatives, ancestors”), with semantic shift "ancestors" > "line of ancestors" > "line (generic)" (STEDT). Cognate with Old Chinese 親 (OC *sʰin, *sʰins, “relatives”).


ချ

Inherited from Old Burmese ခ္လ (kla), derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(k/g)la-k/y/t (“to fall”). Cognate with Mizo tla ~ tlâk (“to fall”) and Old Chinese 下 (OC *ɡraːʔ, *ɡraːs, “lower; under; to go down”). By synchronic analysis, the causative of ကျ (kya.) (STEDT).

och-l

to cause to fall, put down, bring down, drop, lower

to traffic, bring down (something to trade)


ချဲ့

to widen; to expand; to cause to be wide; to magnify


ပြို

to collapse; to fall down; (of land) to slide


ဖြို

to cause to collapse; to cause to fall down; (of land) to cause to slide


ကံတော်ကုန်

my-verb

ကံတော်ကုန် • (kamtaukun)

/kàɴtɔ̀kòʊɴ/

ကံ (kam, “fortune”) + တော် (tau, “great”) + ကုန် (kun, “less”)

af

ဘုရင်မကြီး ဧလီဇဘတ်သည် သက်တော် ၉၆တွင် ကံတော်ကုန်သည်။

bhu.rangma.kri: elija.bhatsany saktau 96twang kamtaukunsany||

Queen Elizabeth died at her age of 96 years old


စွန့်

→ Shan: ၸုၼ်ႉ (tsṵ̂n)

och-l

捐 (OC *ɢʷen, “to contribute, give up, renounce”)


ရော်

my-verb

ရော် • (rau)


ရော်

ရော် • (rau)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-raw (“withered, residue, corpse”). Cognate with Tibetan རོ (ro, “corpse”), Old Chinese 老 (OC *ruːʔ, “old”) (STEDT).


အချဉ်ဖောက်

/ʔət͡ɕʰɪ̀ɴpʰaʊʔ/


အချဉ်တည်

/ʔət͡ɕʰɪ̀ɴtɛ̀/


ချဉ်ဖတ်တည်

/t͡ɕʰɪ̀ɴbaʔtɛ̀/


မိန့်တော်မူ

my-verb

မိန့်တော်မူ • (min.taumu)


သနားတော်မူ

သနား (sa.na:, “compassion”) + -တော်မူ (-taumu, “perform the royal”)

af

(royal) to bestow a fief or title to subordinates or relatives


မျက်တော်မူ

my-verb

မျက်တော်မူ • (myaktaumu)


နတ်ပြည်စံ

နတ် (nat, “spirit”) + ပြည် (prany, “kingdom”) + စံ (cam, “live”)


စီးနိတ်

my-noun

စီးနိတ် • (ci:nit)

(historical) Senate, the upper house of British Burma's legislative council


လွှတ်

Causative of လွတ် (lwat).
The "extremely" and "highest court of appeal" senses are grouped with the "set free" sense by MED, which appears semantically feasible.

to relinquish ownership of edifices, scriptures, etc. for religious use only


ခဝါချ

/kʰəwàt͡ɕʰa̰/


အုပ်ချုပ်

my-verb

အုပ်ချုပ် • (uphkyup)

desc

Pa'o Karen: အိုပ်ချုတ်

Pa'o Karen: အိုပ်ချုတ်

/ʔoʊʔt͡ɕʰoʊʔ/


ဆုံးမ

→ Shan: သုင်းမႃႉ (súng mâ̰a)

→ Shan: သုင်းမႃႉ (súng mâ̰a)

och-l

罵 (OC *mraːʔ, *mraːs, “to chide, insult”)


စူး

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsow-t (“to pierce, plant, erect; a thorn”). Cognate with Jingpho [script needed] (džu, “thorn; to prick with a thorn”), Old Chinese 鑽 (OC *ʔsoːn, *ʔsoːns, “to bore, perforate”) (STEDT).

och-l

to feel a prickly sensation, be pierced, be pricked

(of taste, smell, etc.) to be sharp, pungent


အရုဏ်တက်

/ʔa̰jòʊɴtɛʔ/

အရုဏ် (a.run, “dawn”) + တက် (tak, “to ascend”)


ကျန်းမာ

ကျန်း (kyan:, “to be healthy”) + မာ (ma, “to be hardy”).


ကလေးဖျက်

ကလေး (ka.le:, “child”) + ဖျက် (hpyak, “to erase, destroy”)


ကိုယ်ဝန်ဖျက်

/kòwʊ̀ɴpʰjɛʔ/

ကိုယ်ဝန် (kuiywan, “pregnancy”) + ဖျက် (hpyak, “to erase, destroy”)


ကိုယ်ဝန်ပျက်

my-verb

ကိုယ်ဝန်ပျက် • (kuiywanpyak)

/kòwʊ̀ɴpjɛʔ/

ကိုယ်ဝန် (kuiywan, “pregnancy”) + ပျက် (pyak, “to be erased, destroyed”)


သားပျက်

သား (sa:, “son, child”) + ပျက် (pyak, “to be erased, destroyed”)


သားလျှော

သား (sa:, “son, child”) + လျှော (hlyau:, “to slide, to lose”)


ဇီးလျှော

ဇီး (ji:, “fetus [of an animal]”) + လျှော (hlyau:, “to slide, to lose”)


ပုံနှိပ်

my-verb

ပုံနှိပ် • (pumhnip)


နှိပ်

နှိပ် • (hnip)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nup ~ nip (“to pinch, squeeze, press, oppress, submerge, sink into; west, low, soft”) (STEDT: hnip "crush, oppress"). Cognate with နိပ် (nip, “to decline, be suppressed”), Old Chinese 入 (OC *njub, “to enter, (of the sun etc.) to set”).


ချွတ်

→ Shan: ၶျွတ်ႈ (khjāut)

From Old Burmese ခ္လွတ် (khlwat), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/s-lwat (“to free; release; slip; dislocate”) (Schuessler, 2007). Synchronically analyzed as the causative of ကျွတ် (kywat). Cognate with Tibetan གློད་པ (glod pa, “loosen, relax, slacken”), Tibetan ཧློད་པ (hlod pa, “loose, relaxed”), Lepcha ᰒᰤᰦᰳ (flját), ᰒᰤᰩᰳ (fljót), လွှတ် (hlwat), Chinese 脫 (OC *l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd).

cog

to take off, remove (shoes, clothes, hat, etc.)

to deliver (someone) from ignorance, convert


နှဲ

The "knead" sense is from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m/s-naːy (“to twist, knead, soften”), while the "sticky" sense is from the related Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s/ʔ-n(w)ay (“cohesive, sticky, elastic”). Compare Jingpho mə nai (“to twist”), Akha nɛ̀ (“tough, chewy”) (STEDT). Note also vague similarities to Old Chinese 粘 (OC *nem, “sticky”).


တည်ထောင်

to form; to build; to establish; to found; to set up


ကိုယ်ချင်းစာ

to sympathize, to be sympathetic towards someone


တိုင်း

to abuse by reference to immodest things


အပန်းဖြေ

Despite MED treating the term as an atomic element, from အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) + ပန်း (pan:, “to be tiring”) + ဖြေ (hpre, “to untie, relax”).


ညစ်ညမ်း

From ညစ် (nyac, “to be dirty”) + a second syllable ညမ်း (nyam:) which may be a reduplicative of the first syllable.


သုတ်သင်

သုတ် (sut, “to wipe”) + သင် (sang, “to peel”)


တမ်း

cog

Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-tam ~ g-dam (“to talk, speak”)

သံပိုင်းတမ်း

to voice, express vocally, yearn, long for


ပေါက်

my-verb

ပေါက် • (pauk)

och-l

剽 (OC *pʰews, *bew, “to attack, pierce”)

cog

Tibetan བྱུང (byung, “to appear, emerge”)

Tibetan ཕྲུག (phrug, “young (of animals)”)

och-l

扑 (OC *pʰoːɡ, “to beat, strike against”)

to be breached, be broken, have a puncture, be pierced, perforated

to reach, make, come to, sell for, fetch, appear (suddenly)

ပေါက်ရောက် ပေါက်ရောက်#Burmese

(same as ပေါက်ရောက် (pauk-rauk)) to have access to (people of position)

ပေါက်ကြား ပေါက်ကြား#Burmese

(same as ပေါက်ကြား (paukkra:)) to leak (of secrets)

to bribe (with money), lavish money on somebody to gain something


ထုံး

(formal) to knot one's hair; make a knot (of thread, rope, etc.)


တေး

提 (OC *deː, *dje, “to raise, point out”)


ခွေ

Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *koj (“bend; curved; lap; bosom”); compare perhaps Old Chinese 跪 (OC *kʰrolʔ, *ɡrolʔ, “to kneel”) (STEDT). See also ကွေ့ (kwe., “to turn, veer”).


ဘောမ

ဘော (bhau:, “ball, testicle”) + မ (ma., “to lift”). Calque of Hokkien 扶𡳞脬 (“to brownnose”, literally “to lift the scrotum”), which is also borrowed as ဖော်လံဖား (hpaulamhpa:).

calque

(slang, vulgar, derogatory) to kiss up, brownnose, to curry favor from others


ချောင်းဆိုး

/t͡ɕʰáʊɴsʰó/

According to MED, from ချောင်း (hkyaung:, “a cough”) + ဆိုး (hcui:, “bad, serious”). However, the compound may be better interpreted as ချောင်း (hkyaung:, “throat”) + ဆိုး (hcui:, “to cough”); see those entries for more.


ပျင်း

to feel lazy, be lazy, feel bored, be bored


ဖို

och-l

鞴 (OC *brɯɡs, *baːɡs, *bɯɡ, “to saddle a horse; bellows”)


ကွေး

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *koj (“to bend”). See ကွေ့ (kwe., “to turn, veer”) for more (STEDT).


မျဉ်း

The "sleep" sense is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-nyal (“to sleep, lie down; sleepy”). Compare Tibetan ཉལ (nyal, “to lie down, sleep”), Old Chinese 瞑 (OC *meːn, *meːns, *meːŋ, “to close the eyes, sleep”), 臥 (OC *ŋʷaːls, “to lie down”), 妥 (OC *n̥ʰoːlʔ, “peaceful; to stop”), 綏 (OC *snul, “to pacify, comfort; tranquil”) (STEDT).
The "pliant", "line", and "uniform" senses are grouped with the "sleep" sense by MED, though it is unclear whether they are related, particularly the "line" and "uniform" senses. STEDT separates them, and leaves the origin of the latter three open (myâñ "weak, exhausted, dejected", "ruler, ruled line", "kind of military coat").


ကျက်

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *glak (“to boil”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-(k/g)lak (“to cook, boil; cooked”). Cognate with Mizo tlak (“to boil or cook without salt”), Akha [script needed] (tjàq, “to boil, cook”) (STEDT).


ကျက်

Though not explicitly given etymology by STEDT (kyak "cooked; healed ( sore ) ; be acquainted, recognize"), probably a semantic extension of the "cook" sense in Etymology 1.

to memorize, learn by heart, learn by rote


ကျိုး

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *k(r/y)aw ~ *kh(r/y)aw ~ *k(h)ləw (“to break, snap (a stick)”), though STEDT does not link the root to any Burmese entries and adduces no further cognates, nor is it mentioned by Luce 1981.

inh

to fall into a set pattern; fall into a habit


လှူ

och-l

糈 (OC *sŋaʔ, *sŋraʔ, “sacrificial grain”)

to give away things in charity; donate; sacrifice


ပုန်း

my-verb

ပုန်း • (pun:)


ချမ်းသာ

→ Shan: ၶျၢမ်းသႃႇ (khjáam sàa)

ချမ်း (hkyam:, “to be cold”) + သာ (sa, “pleasant”). The sense development appears to be "cold and pleasant" > "calm and peaceful" > "have a nice peaceful life" > "be well-off, rich".

af

to be rich; be wealthy; be well-to-do; be well off


ရွက်

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *rwak (“leaf, leaflike part”). Cognate with the second syllable of Japhug [Term?] (tɐ jwɐk, “leaf”) (STEDT); an older theory by Luce also connects the word to Old Chinese 喬 (OC *krew, *ɡrew, “section on the shaft of a spear near the spearhead for hanging a feather; panache-hanger”), though this seems outdated.
The "carry on the head" sense is considered identical to the "leaf" sense by MED, but separate by STEDT (which doesn't assign etymology: rwak "carry on head") and Luce, the latter who compares Old Chinese 頍 (OC *kʰʷeʔ, “to raise one's head”).


ခိုင်း

to face or move in the opposite direction

to turn something on someone especially one's back

(of a boatman) to head one's boat away from land by paddling


ခြွေ

Causative of ကြွေ (krwe), thus "to cause to fall" > "to pluck, thresh".

to pluck or strip (leaves, petals, etc.)


ခြိုက်

Apparently related to ကြိုက် (kruik, “to like”).


ဆွမ်းကျွေး

/sʰʊ́ɴt͡ɕwé/


အဆင်ပြေ

/ʔəsʰɪ̀ɴpjè/

အဆင် (a.hcang, “condition, pattern, appearance”) + ပြေ (pre, “to be loosed, appeased”).


ရစ်

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *r-sik ~ *s-yik (“to twist”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *sik (“to pinch, twist”); cognate with Mizo [Term?] (sìk-I, sìh-II, “to pinch or nip (with the finger nails), to pluck”) (STEDT).

cog

ရရစ်

Ya yit, the diacritic ြ (literally "winding ya")


ထိမ်

to keep back; cover up; conceal; withhold information; burke


ကယ်

och-l

援 (OC *ɢʷans, *ɢʷan, “to aid, grasp, pull to safety”)

cog

Tibetan སྐྱབས (skyabs, “refuge, protection”)


ကယ်

According to Hill (2019), related to Old Chinese 攲 (OC *kral, *kralʔ, *kʰral, “slanting”), 掎 (OC *kral, *kralʔ, *kʰrals, “to pull aside”).


ကင်

Inherited from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *(k/g)a(ː)ŋ (“to roast, toast, dry, burn; hot; thirsty”). Compare Old Chinese 炕 (OC *kʰaːŋs, *qʰaːŋ, “to toast; heated brick bed”) (STEDT).


လှော်

my-verb

လှော် • (hlau)

Inherited from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ʔ-lu (STEDT).

inh+

to importune somebody on someone's behalf


ကျော်

my-verb

ကျော် • (kyau)

to go over, climb over, cross over, step over, overtake, pass

to be famous, become the talk of the town, be rumored (to be running around with)


ကြိုဆို

ကြို (krui, “to welcome”) + ဆို (hcui, “to say”).


ကွာရှင်း

ကွာ (kwa, “to become detached, separate”) + ရှင်း (hrang:, “to solve, settle”).


ဂရုစိုက်

ဂရု (ga.ru., “serious, severe, heavy”) + စိုက် (cuik, “to plant”).


လွတ်

Inherited from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *k-lwat (“to set free”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/s-lwat (“to free, release, slip, dislocate”). Cognates include Tibetan ལྷུང་ (lhung, “to loosen, relax”), Old Chinese 脫 (OC *l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd, “to peel off, take off clothes, escape”); see the Chinese for more discussion (STEDT). See also ကျွတ် (kywat, “to be free from”).


ရွေးချယ်

ရွေး ရွေး#Burmese


ဝန်း

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw (“head”), with a noun-forming suffix *-n (Schuessler, 2003; STEDT), or from a Proto-Sino-Tibetan *wal (“round, circular”) (STEDT). In the either case, compare perhaps Old Chinese 圓 (OC *ɢon), 元 (OC *ŋon).
A later theory by Hill (2019) compares Old Chinese 亘 (OC *[ɢ]ʷˤar (B-S), “to revolve around”) instead.


ရှင်း

澄 (OC *dɯːŋs, *dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ, “clear, limpid; to precipitate, settle”)

to settle (accounts, arrangements, etc.)


လျှော့

Causative of လျော့ (lyau., “to subside, be slack”).

(of knots, belts, etc.) to loosen, slacken; to pay out


ချိန်

ncog

Proto-Balto-Slavic *métas (“time, period”)


ရိပ်

my-verb

ရိပ် • (rip)

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *k-rip (“shadow, shade”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *g/s-rip (“idem”) (STEDT: rip "throw a shadow"). Cognate with Tibetan གྲིབ (grib, “shade, shadow”); Hill (2019) also compares it to Old Chinese 陰 (OC *qrɯm, “shade”).

inh

(of sunlight, the sun, etc.) to dim, fade, lower

(figuratively) to speak allusively, indirectly, or elliptically


မိုးရွာ

မိုး (mui:, “rain”) + ရွာ (rwa, “to fall (of rain)”).


စာကြည့်

စာ (ca, “writing, letter”) + ကြည့် (krany., “to look at”).


တင်း

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/t)aŋ (“tense, tight”); see Old Chinese 張 (OC *taŋ, *taŋs, “to stretch, string a bow”) for more (STEDT, Hill, 2019).

och-l

to add weight or make an adjustment to balance things

to be less in weight or value (by a sixteenth, an eighth, a quarter, etc. as indicated by the preceding denomination)


ကျင့်

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *m/ʔ-gyaŋ¹/³ (STEDT), though STEDT appears to not assign any cognates. Luce compares Old Chinese 行 (OC *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs, “to walk; to act”).


လေ့

to practice, acquire a habit, become accustomed to, take interest in


ဝဲ

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-waːy (“to whirl, brandish, wave”) (STEDT). Cognate with Mizo [Term?] (hui, “to whorl, coil; twist in whorls / coils”); outside of Tibeto-Burman, has been compared with Old Chinese 逶 (OC *qrol, “winding, curving; swagger”), 委 (OC *qrol, *qrolʔ, “to bend, hang down”) (though their Old Chinese reconstructions do not support this connection), as well as 洄 (OC *ɡuːl, “eddy, whirlpool”) by Luce, which is a much closer semantic match, though it still suffers from dissimilar Old reconstruction.
The "hover" sense is treated as equivalent to the "whirlpool" sense by MED, though STEDT separates it and derives the former from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hwaŋ (“to encircle, circular, fence”) (whence Mizo [Term?] (huaŋ, “yard, enclosure”)).


ပြစ်

och-l

戾 (OC *rɯːds, *rɯːd, “to transgress; perverse, recalcitrant”)

ပြစ်မှား ပြစ်မှား#Burmese

(archaic, same as ပြစ်မှား (prachma:)) to wrong


အမ်း

my-verb

အမ်း • (am:)


အမ်း

အမ်း • (am:)

och-l

還 (OC *ɡʷraːn, *sɢʷan, “to return, give back”)

အကြွေအမ်း

to give a buyer the balance in small change

မအမ်းပါနဲ့တော့.

Do not give change, politely request, any more.

to buy out (shares, property, interests, etc.)


နုတ်

my-verb

နုတ် • (nut)

och-l

茹 (OC *nja, *njaʔ, *njas, “to pull out by the roots”)


ဖျော်

Causative of ပျော် (pyau, “to melt, dissolve”). STEDT gives no etymology (phjɔ²² "dissolve (cause to)"), while Luce gives Old Chinese 附 (OC *bos, “to be added to”) and Tibetan སྦྱོར (sbyor, “to link, join, mingle”) as cognates.


ရမ်း

och-l

濫 (OC *ɡ·raːms, *ɡraːmʔ, “overflowing, indiscriminate”)


စီ

齊 (OC *zliːl, *zliːls, “even, uniform, along a line”)


မိတ်ဆက်

မိတ် (mit, “friend”) + ဆက် (hcak, “to join, connect”).


လော

och-l

與 (OC *la, *laʔ, *las, “exclamation indicating doubt”)

to hustle or hurry (someone) to act quickly


ကြုံ

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *k/g-r(u/i)m (“to meet”); cognate with Jingpho [script needed] (khrum, “to meet, converge, copulate”) (STEDT).


လျော့

och-l

紓 (OC *hlja, *ɦljaʔ, “to loosen, relax”)

舒 (OC *hlja, “to stretch out, relax; comfortable”)


မြတ်

Cognate with Tibetan རྨད་པ་ (rmad pa, “excellent, wonderful”) (Hill (2019), p. 259). Luce additionally compares Old Chinese 賴 (OC *raːds, “to gain, profit, rely on”).


ရင်း

爛 (OC *ɡ·raːns, “to rot, decay; brilliant”)


တော့

to toss or throw up something repeatedly into the air with one's head, hand, foot, etc.


လျင်

踉 (OC *raːŋ, *raŋ, *raŋs, “quick-footed, vivacious”)


အသံလွှင့်

/ʔəθàɴl̥wɪ̰ɴ/

အသံ (a.sam, “voice, sound”) + လွှင့် (hlwang., “to spread, propagate”).


လွှင့်

Causative of လွင့် (lwang., “to be blown away”).

to spread, disseminate, propagate, fling out


လွင့်

According to STEDT, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-lwaŋ (“body, corpse, discarded object”), with a semantic shift "discarded thing" > "to be discarded" > "blown away". See also အလောင်း (a.laung:, “corpse”).


သစ္စာပြု

pledge of allegiance
pledge of allegiance


ကတိသစ္စာပြု

/ɡədḭθɪʔsàpjṵ/


လွှာ

och-l

瀡 (OC *slolʔ, *slols, “slippery, smooth”)


မှတ်ပုံတင်

/m̥aʔpòʊɴtɪ̀ɴ/

မှတ် (hmat, “to mark, note”) + ပုံ (pum, “shape, form, picture”) + တင် (tang, “to put, place”).


လန်း

och-l

漤 (OC *ɡ·ruːmʔ, “to soak and reduce harshness”)

(of looks) to be fresh, be refreshed, be radiant or buoyant


နှိုး

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-nəw (“to awake, awaken”); cognate with Lahu [Term?] (nɔ̂, “to awaken from sleep”) (STEDT). Luce additionally compares Old Chinese 悟 (OC *ŋaːs, “to awaken, become aware”), 寤 (OC *ŋaːs, “to wake up”).

cog

to activate (something); to start (the engine, etc.)


သန်

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *zan¹ (“strong, firm”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *b-tsan (“strong, firm, steadfast”); cognate with the first syllable of Tibetan བཙན་པོ་ (btsan po, “violent, strong”) (STEDT).


တောက်

my-verb

တောက် • (tauk)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *duk ~ tuk (“poison”) (STEDT).


တောက်

my-verb

တောက် • (tauk)

der

Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/r-tuk (“to cut, knock, pound”)

(figuratively) to sound, sound out (the opinions of others)


တောက်

my-verb

တောက် • (tauk)


တောက်

တောက် • (tauk)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *duk (“to burn, kindle”). Cognate with Tibetan དུགས (dugs, “heat, warmth”), Old Chinese 燭 (OC *tjoɡ, “candle; to shine”) (STEDT).


မော်

my-verb

မော် • (mau)

(figuratively) to be proud of, take pride in


ရော

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rjaw (“to mix”). Cognate with Old Chinese 交 (OC *kreːw, “to intersect, mingle”); see there for more (STEDT).

to try to fraternize, speak in a language which is not one's own


ကျောင်းတက်

ကျောင်း (kyaung:, “school; monastery”) + တက် (tak, “to ascend, get in”).


ခရီးသွား

ခရီး (hka.ri:, “journey”) + သွား (swa:, “to go”).


နု

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *now (“tender, soft”). Cognate with Old Chinese 柔 (OC *mlju, “soft, supple”); see there for more (STEDT).

inh

to be accommodating, be obliging, yield, give in


ညပ်

Base passive form of ညှပ် (hnyap, “to clamp, cut”).


စည်သွတ်

စည် (cany, “cask, keg”) + သွတ် (swat, “to insert”).


ညွှတ်

Causative form of ညွတ် (nywat, “to droop”).


တည့်

(of people) to be compatible, agree, be on good terms


ခွင့်ပြု

ခွင့် (hkwang., “permission”) + ပြု (pru., “to do, act”).

to give, grant permission or leave; to permit; to allow


မြှင့်

Causative of မြင့် (mrang., “to be high, tall”).


ခင်း

Apparently from a Proto-Lolo-Burmese *kaŋ² (“to spread, stretch out”), though STEDT adduces no cognates (nor does STEDT even have a page for the Lolo-Burmese root). Luce's comparison with Old Chinese 擴 (OC *ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ, “to spread out”) is phonetically problematic. Note similarities to 捲 (OC *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡron, “to curl, roll up”).

och-l

to spread, roll out (carpet, mat, etc.), lay or set (tables, chairs, etc.)


ဈေးဦးပေါက်

ဈေး (jhe:, “market”) + ဦး (u:, “head, first”) + ပေါက် (pauk, “to win, be broken”).


ချီ

For the "lift, carry" sense, from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *kyi¹˜² (“to lift, raise”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kyi (“to lift, raise, awake”). Cognate with Akha [script needed] (tjhì, “to lift”), Old Chinese 起 (OC *kʰɯʔ, “to rise, raise”) (STEDT).
It is unclear if the particle and classifier senses are etymologically connected, though MED groups them together.

inh

(of an animal or bird) to carry off, carry away


ရန်း

och-l

攬 (OC *ɡ·raːmʔ, “to grasp, take hold of”)

(of a monk) to wear or put on a robe; to enrobe


စာသင်

စာ (ca, “writing, letter”) + သင် (sang, “to learn, teach”).


အိုက်

my-verb

အိုက် • (uik)

Not given etymology by STEDT (uik "feel warm, close"), while Schuessler (2007) compares 燠 (OC *quːʔ, *quːɡs, *quɡ, “warm, sweltering”). However, as a word with a final -uik, there is a high chance that the word is a loan from Mon, per Hill 2019.

och-l

(of mind) to be in a troubled or indecisive state, be in a fix


မြဲ

လက်မြဲ

သီလမြဲ

ဆေးရောင်မြဲ

အသက်နှင့်ခန္ဒါမြဲသရွေ့

to be firm, be resolute, be fast, be permanent, remain united


စိမ်

my-verb

စိမ် • (cim)

According to Schuessler 2007, related to စိမ့် (cim., “to ooze, seep”).

အလုပ်စိမ်လုပ်စိမ်


သောင်

သောင်မာ

သောင်သာ


လူး

သနပ်ခါးလူး

ခြေထောက်မှာရွှံ့တွေလူးနေ

အိပ်ရာပေါ်မှာလူးနေ

လှေလူး

အိုင်ထဲမှာကျွဲလူးနေ

လူးတွင်း လူးတွင်း#Burmese

(same as လူးတွင်း (lu:twang:)) wallowing pond


နူး

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *now (“tender, soft”). Cognate with Old Chinese 柔 (OC *mlju, “soft, supple”) (STEDT).

အမဲသား နူးပြီ

ရေစိမ်ထားသောစက္ကူနူး


နူ

(of leaves) to shrivel up (through disease)


ယောင်း

သစ်ယောင်းဝါးယောင်း


အောင်း

အောင်း • (aung:)

အောက် အောက်#Burmese

(same as အောက် (auk)) to decoy a wild elephant into a keddah by means of a trained female elephant


အောင်း

အောင်း • (aung:)

to make an elephant shift logs by pushing with head

ရှေ့ကားကိုနောက်ကားကအောင်း


နိမ့်

နိမ့် • (nim.)

According to STEDT, related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nup ~ nip (“to sink down, set, enter”), and thus related to Old Chinese 入 (OC *njub, “to enter”). Luce compares 攝 (OC *neːb, *ʔnjeb, “to take in”), from the same word family, as a relatively semantically closer comparandum.


ဘုရားဖူး

ဘုရား (bhu.ra:, “Buddha, pagoda”) + ဖူး (hpu:, “to visit (a shrine, monk, etc.)”).

af

to pay obeisance or worship at a stupa; to make a pilgrimage


ကြို

och-l

邀 (OC *qlew, *kleːw, “to invite, welcome, solicit”)

ကြိုဆို ကြိုဆို#Burmese

(same as ကြိုဆို (kruihcui)) to welcome someone or something


ဆက်သွယ်

ဆက် (hcak, “to join, connect, contact”) + သွယ် (swai, “to connect, join”).

af

to communicate or get in touch with; to establish connection


မှူး

ကြီးမှူး ကြီးမှူး#Burmese

(same as ကြီးမှူး (kri:hmu:)) to lead, direct


ခေါင်းကိုက်

ခေါင်း (hkaung:, “head”) + ကိုက် (kuik, “to ache”).

to suffer from a headache, have a headache


ဝမ်းလျှော

ဝမ်း (wam:, “stomach, bowels”) + လျှော (hlyau:, “to slide, to lose”).

to have frequent motions of the bowels; to have diarrhea


ဖျောက်

Causative of ပျောက် (pyauk, “to disappear, lose”).

to make (something) disappear, make something go away, get rid of something


အအေးမိ

အအေး (a.e:, “cold”) + မိ (mi., “to catch”).


ရယူ

ရ (ra., “to get, obtain”) + ယူ (yu, “to take”).

to take over, take possession of, obtain


ပယ်

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s/m-ba ~ *s/m-baːy (“to throw”), and cognate with Mizo paih (“to throw away”), Old Chinese 跛 (OC *prals, *paːlʔ, “lame, crippled”) (STEDT). Also note resemblance to Old Chinese 排 (OC *brɯːl, “to reject, emit”). See also ဖယ် (hpai, “to set aside, discard”).

inh

to reject, disbar, disqualify, turn down


မက

မ (ma., “not”) + က (ka., “to be at least equal to”).


အကြောင်းပြန်

/ʔət͡ɕáʊɴpjàɴ/

အကြောင်း (a.kraung:, “fact about an event; reason, purpose”) + ပြန် (pran, “to return, recount, relate, reply”).


ပွင့်

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *pwa(ŋ/k) (“to open”) (STEDT); cognate with Akha [script needed] (phaŋ, “idem”). Synchronically analyzable as the base form of ဖွင့် (hpwang., “to open”).


တွဲ

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *n(d)oj (“to hang from, cling to; creeper”); cognate with Jingpho [script needed] (nói, “to suspend, hang”), Old Chinese 垂 (OC *djol, “to suspend, hang”) (STEDT, Hill 2019). See also တွယ် (twai, “to stick to, cling”), ဆွဲ (hcwai:, “to hang, drag, pull”), နွယ် (nwai, “creeper, vine”).

cog

to link, attach, associate with, pair with


တွယ်

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *n(d)oj (“to hang from, cling to; creeper”); see တွဲ (twai:, “to link; drooping”) for more.


ဖြည်း

hprany: (romanization)
ဖြေး (alternative)

och-l

㒼 (“equilibrium, covered evenly and tightly; slow”)


ဆုတ်

ncog

Tibetan རྒུད (rgud, “to decay, decline”)


ဆုတ်

Causative form of စုတ် (cut, “to be torn”).


ထုတ်

och-l

出 (OC *kʰljuds, *kʰljud, “to go out, send out”)


ကွေ့

Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *koj (“to bend; curved; lap; bosom”); compare perhaps Old Chinese 跪 (OC *kʰrolʔ, *ɡrolʔ, “to kneel”) (STEDT). See also ခွေ (hkwe, “to coil”).


နှင်းကျ

/n̥ɪ́ɴt͡ɕa̰/

နှင်း (hnang:, “snow”) + ကျ (kya., “to fall”).


နေသာ

နေ (ne, “to stay, live”) + သာ (sa, “to be peaceful, pleasant”).

(of pain) to become bearable, be fairly comfortable


အိပ်မက်မက်

my-verb

အိပ်မက်မက် • (ipmakmak)

/ʔeɪʔmɛʔmɛʔ/

/ʔèɪɴmɛʔmɛʔ/

အိပ်မက် (ipmak, “a dream”) + မက် (mak, “to dream”), literally “dream a dream”.


လင့်

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ljaŋ (“to wait”); cognate with Lahu [Term?] (lɔ¹, “to wait”) (STEDT).


ညီညာ

According to MED, from ညီ (nyi, “to be united”) + ညာ (nya, “right side”). That said, the second syllable could possibly be a reduplication of the first component.

(same as ညီ (nyi)) to be even, level; to be united, be in accord


ရည်ရွယ်

ရည် (rany, “to aim at, hope for”) + ရွယ် (rwai, “to gauge, aim, intend”).

ရည်မှန်း ရည်မှန်း#Burmese

(same as ရည်မှန်း (ranyhman:)) to hope for, aim at, intend, be meant for


အသုံးကျ

/ʔəθóʊɴt͡ɕa̰/

အသုံး (a.sum:, “usage, use”) + ကျ (kya., “to fall, come down”).


စာလုံးပေါင်း

/sàlóʊɴbáʊɴ/

/səlóʊɴbáʊɴ/

စာလုံး (calum:, “letter of an alphabet”) + ပေါင်း (paung:, “to add, mix, associate”).


စေ

och-l

使 (OC *srɯʔ, *srɯs, “to order, send someone, use”)

to ask, order, command (someone) to do (something)


ကျွေး

to support (a person) with life's necessities


ဒုက္ခပေး

ဒုက္ခ (dukhka., “pain, trouble”) + ပေး (pe:, “to give”).


ဒုက္ခရှာ

ဒုက္ခ (dukhka., “pain, trouble”) + ရှာ (hra, “to seek, look for”).

to bother or go to great lengths to do something for someone


ကိုင်း

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kuːŋ (“tree, branch, stem”) (whence also ခိုင် (hkuing, “stalk, strong”)), which is perhaps an old loan from Mon-Khmer, according to Schuessler. See Old Chinese 弓 (OC *kʷɯŋ, “bow (weapon); curved”) for more (STEDT).


သိုင်း

to wear something slung across one's shoulder (like a sash)

to tie, bind, strap, wrap (something with a cord, rope, strap, etc.)


ဆစ်

The "joint" sense is from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔdzik ~ *ʔdzak (“joint”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsik (“idem”). The "chop, cut" sense is related to *tsik as well; see there for more (STEDT). The other senses are likely semantic extensions of the two aforementioned senses, and are grouped together by MED.

to chop or cut off pieces of bamboo or sugarcane

to sculpt, chip rock or stone to make statues or figurines


သင်ယူ

သင် (sang, “to teach, learn”) + ယူ (yu, “to take”).


ထမင်းချက်

/tʰəmɪ́ɴt͡ɕʰɛʔ/

ထမင်း (hta.mang:, “rice”) + ချက် (hkyak, “to cook”).


ခန့်

cog

Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka(n/ŋ) (“to know, see”)

och-l

看 (OC *kʰaːn, *kʰaːns, “to look, consider, observe”)

to assign, charge, appoint (someone to a post)

to estimate (situation, time, or number and size of things)

(commonly used in the negative) to be awed, show respect


ငွေချေ

ငွေ (ngwe, “money, silver”) + ချေ (hkye, “to settle, pay”).


ဆီသတ်

to sauté aromatics (e.g., onions, garlic and ginger) in heated oil


ဂေါက်သီးရိုက်

my-verb

ဂေါက်သီးရိုက် • (gauksi:ruik)

/ɡaʊʔθíjaɪʔ/

ဂေါက်သီး (gauksi:, “golf ball”) + [Term?] (“to hit, strike”)


ညှော်

to smell acrid, pungent (as cooking or burning oil or leaves, etc.)


နှုန်း

my-verb

နှုန်း • (hnun:)


သဝေထိုး

သဝေ (sa.we, “to circle”) + ထိုး (htui:, “to inscribe”).


ရှ

Apparently from a Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ra-t (“to cut, slash”); compare Tibetan དྲ (dra, “to cut, prune”), Old Chinese 剌 (OC *raːd, “wicked; to cut, hurt”), 割 (OC *kaːd, “to cut, harm”) (STEDT).


ကမ္ပည်းထိုး

Compound of ကမ္ပည်း (kampany:) + ထိုး (htui:).


စူးစမ်း

စူး (cu:, “to be sharped, pricked”) + စမ်း (cam:, “to test, try”).


ခွ

Not mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. Schuessler (2007) adduces Old Chinese 跨 (OC *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs, “to stride, straddle”) as a cognate, suggesting derivation from a Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwar.
Unclear whether all the senses are etymologically related (particularly the "heartily" sense), though MED groups them together.


ဆွ

耍 (OC *sqʰʷraːʔ, “to play, frolic, brandish”)

to loosen or turn up (earth, soil, hay, etc.)


စွဲ

Apparently the base non-causative formation of ဆွဲ (hcwai:, “to hang, drag”). Luce's comparison with Old Chinese 胎 (OC *l̥ʰɯː, “fetus, source”) is phonetically unconvincing.

အစွဲပြု အစွဲပြု#Burmese

စွပ်စွဲ စွပ်စွဲ#Burmese

(same as အစွဲပြု (a.cwai:pru.))
(same as စွပ်စွဲ (cwapcwai:)) to accuse


ပြတ်

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *brat (“to cut apart, cut open”); compare Old Chinese 別 (OC *pred, *bred, “to divide, distinguish”), Tibetan འདྲད ('drad, “to scratch”) (Hill, 2019).

och-l

to have given up, stop (drinking, smoking, etc.)


ပြုစု

to look after, take care of, attend to someone, nurse


မျှ

share and share alike
share and share alike

to be even, equal, proportionate, commensurate


ဝေ

分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns, “to divide, distribute”)


လှန်

to change or reverse position of things, turn inside out, turn up

(of lids) to open, uncover, turn the leaves (of a book)


မိုးအုံ့

my-verb

မိုးအုံ့ • (mui:um.)


ရုန်း

ရုန်း • (run:)

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-run (“to struggle, pull hard, demolish”) (compare Jingpho rùn (“to pull down, demolish”)) (STEDT), which may be an areal word; see Old Chinese 亂 (OC *roːns, “to throw in disorder”) for more.

inh

to struggle free (from danger, entanglement, etc.)


မိုးတိတ်

my-verb

မိုးတိတ် • (mui:tit)

မိုး (mui:, “rain, sky”) + တိတ် (tit, “to cease”).


လိမ့်

my-verb

လိမ့် • (lim.)


ညစ်ပတ်

ညစ် (nyac, “to be dirty”) + ပတ် (pat, “to wrap around”).


ပျက်

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-pyak (“to be destroyed, ruined”); cognate with Jingpho byák (“to destroy”) (STEDT). Note also similarities to Old Chinese 劈 (OC *pʰeːɡ, “to cleave, crack”).

inh

to turn bad, break down, be out of order


ဖျက်

Causative of ပျက် (pyak, “to be destroyed”).

to change a bill or coin into smaller denominations, change


ညိတ်

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/r-nyit (“to sleep, nod”); cognate with Tibetan གཉིད (gnyid, “sleepiness”) (STEDT).


ဈေးဆစ်

to bargain, haggle over the price of goods for sale


မှတ်ထား

to commit to memory, make a mental note, bear in mind


ရှုပ်

my-verb

ရှုပ် • (hrup)

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-rup (“to snuff up, sip, suck”); cognate with Lepcha hŭp (“sip, gulp”) (STEDT).


ရှုပ်

my-verb

ရှုပ် • (hrup)

to be mixed up, be confused, be jumbled up, be unclear, be untidy


လှိုက်

လှိုက် • (hluik)

to have a feeling of hollowness within one's breast (owing to a sudden physical or emotional imbalance)


ရွတ်

och-l

誶 (OC *suːds, *suds, *zud, “to vilify, speak ill of”)


ရွတ်

The "tough" sense is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rwat (“stiff, tough”), and cognate with Tibetan རོད་པ (rod pa, “stiff, unable to help one's self”) (STEDT). STEDT additionally appears to compare Old Chinese 類 (OC *ruːls, *ruds, “kind, type”), though the Chinese appears to trace back to a different root.
The "cussed" and "twilled fabric" senses are connected to the "tough" sense by MED, which appears reasonable (tough personality > cussed, tough weave > twilled fabric).

cog

to be cussed, do a wrong thing willfully


မွှတ်

(of fruits) to have a soft and fleshy part


ဆင်ခြင်

/sʰɪ̀ɴd͡ʑɪ̀ɴ/

ဆင် (hcang, “to put together”) + ခြင် (hkrang, “to measure volume”).


တင်ပြ

တင်ပြ (canonical)
tangpra. (romanization)

to put up or submit a case to a superior


မျဉ်းဆွဲ

/mjɪ́ɴsʰwɛ́/

မျဉ်း (myany:, “to droop; ruling line”) + ဆွဲ (hcwai:, “to drag, draw a line”).

မျဉ်းသား မျဉ်းသား#Burmese

(same as မျဉ်းသား (myany:sa:)) to demarcate, draw a line


ငင်

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *N-gaŋ¹ (“to pull, stretch”). Cognate with Lisu [script needed] (ŋɔʔ²¹, “to pull”) (STEDT).


မောက်

my-verb

မောက် • (mauk)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-mawk (“cockscomb, crest”). Compare the third syllable of Pa'o Karen [script needed] (chjà tə mɔ́k, “comb of chicken”) (STEDT).


ဝိုက်

my-verb

ဝိုက် • (wuik)


ခတ်

(colloquial) to make a dig or jibe at others

to stamp (with a seal), mark (with a cross)

to secure, clap on (lock, fetters, etc.)

to impose, slap on (fine, penalty, etc.)


မြွှင်း

(of fish and meat) to slice into strips or segments


လျှော်

လျှော် • (hlyau)

och-l

濯 (OC *r'eːwɢs, *r'eːwɢ, “to wash, cleanse”)


လွင်

to be lacking in seriousness, be flippant


သပ္ပာယ်

my-verb

သပ္ပာယ် • (sappay)

Borrowed from Pali sappāya (“likely, beneficial, fit, suitable”).

bor+

(of Buddha, monk, pagoda) to look sublime


နှံ

och-l

任 (OC *njɯm, *njɯms, “to endure, entrust”)

(figuratively, colloquial) to speak or act to hurt someone


အချိန်ရ

/ʔa̰t͡ɕʰèɪɴja̰/


စစ်ဆေး

စစ် (cac, “to filter, inspect”) + ဆေး (hce:, “to wash”).

af

to question, interrogate, examine, inspect, test, put on trial


ရင်ခုန်

ရင် (rang, “chest”) + ခုန် (hkun, “to jump”).

(figuratively) to be excited or agitated


ကျဆင်း

/t͡ɕa̰sʰɪ́ɴ/

ကျ (kya., “to fall”) + ဆင်း (hcang:, “to descend”).


ဒုက္ခရောက်

ဒုက္ခ (dukhka., “pain, suffering”) + ရောက် (rauk, “to arrive, come”).


စဉ်း

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *dzi(k/ŋ) (“to split, mince”); cognate with Mizo tsìk (“to cut (metal) by use of chisel and hammer”). Note also perhaps Old Chinese 胾 (OC *ʔsrɯs, “to mince”) (Luce, 1981).

cog

to mince, cut, or chop into small pieces


ကွယ်

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kwaj (“to conceal, hide, shun”). Compare Jingpho koi (“to shun”) (STEDT). Luce 1981's comparison with Old Chinese 衛 (OC *ɢʷads, “to guard, protect”) appears phonetically problematic.

inh

to obstruct (the view), withhold facts, deny


မွေးဖွား

မွေး (mwe:, “to be born”) + ဖွား (hpwa:, “to give birth”).


ဝါသနာပါ

ဝါသနာ (wasa.na, “interest, hobby”) + ပါ (pa, “to come along”).

to have an interest in or natural bent for, to have a hobby


တရားမျှတ

တရား (ta.ra:, “justice”) + မျှတ (hmya.ta., “to be even, equal”).


တောင်းဆို

တောင်း (taung:, “to ask”) + ဆို (hcui, “to say, declare”).


ဆန္ဒပြ

ဆန္ဒ (hcanda., “opinion, wish”) + ပြ (pra., “to display”).


မျှတ

မျှ (hmya., “to be even, equal”) + တ (ta., “affix”).


မျက်

inh

Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-mjak ~ s-mik (“eye”)

(of a bone) to get stuck in one's throat


လိုက်ပို့

my-verb

လိုက်ပို့ • (luikpui.)

လိုက် (luik, “to follow”) + ပို့ (pui., “to send off”).


နှင်

Compare Old Chinese 攘 (OC *njaŋ, *njaŋʔ, *njaŋs, “to expel, snatch”) (Luce, 1981).

och-l

to drive out, drive away (someone), expel, banish


ထိန်း

to hold the interest (of an audience, people, etc.)


မှိန်

my-verb

မှိန် • (hmin)


ချိန်း

to make an appointment, fix (a time, date, etc.) for something


ရှင်းပြ

ရှင်း (hrang:, “to clear up”) + ပြ (pra., “to show, indicate”) (not in MED).


ထောင်း

to pound someone with the point of one's elbow


ဖယ်

Appears to be related to ပယ် (pai, “to reject”). Note also Old Chinese 偏 (OC *pʰen, *pʰens, “oblique”) (Hill, 2019).


စိတ်ရှုပ်

my-verb

စိတ်ရှုပ် • (cithrup)

စိတ် (cit, “thought, mind”) + ရှုပ် (hrup, “to be confused”).

af

to be mixed up (in mind), be confused, be muddled up


ဖော်ရွေ

ဖော် (hpau, “to reveal”) + ရွေ (rwe, “to attend on”).


ကျုံ့

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-grum (“contracted, stunted, dwarfish”); cognate with Mizo tum (“to jump”) (STEDT). Note also strong phonetic and semantic similarities to Old Chinese 減 (OC *krɯːmʔ, *ɡrɯːmʔ, “to decrease, diminish”).

och-l

to shrink, contract, become reduced in size


ဝံ့

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/m-wam (“to dare”); compare Mizo huam (“to dare”), as well as perhaps Old Chinese 敢 (OC *klaːmʔ, “to dare”) (STEDT).


ဈေးရောင်း

ဈေး (jhe:, “market”) + ရောင်း (raung:, “to sell”).

af

to sell something in a market, store, etc.


ကု

Likely inherited from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *N-gu (“to help”); see the related ကူ (ku, “to save”) for more (STEDT).

to give medical treatment, cure or heal (a disease)


နှိမ့်

my-verb

နှိမ့် • (hnim.)

Causative of နိမ့် (nim., “to be lower”).

causative

to lower (something from a higher position)


လှိမ့်

my-verb

လှိမ့် • (hlim.)

to roll something or oneself on a surface


လျား

Cognate with Old Chinese 施 (OC *hljal, *hljals, “to give, bestow, extend”) (Hill, 2019).

och-l

to extend, be prolonged or protracted, be lengthy


လွှား

For the "hurdle over, unfurl" sense, compare Old Chinese 墮 (OC *l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *hlol, “to destroy”) (Hill, 2019).
For the "oblong shield" sense, compare Old Chinese 橢 (OC *l̥ʰoːlʔ, “oval”) (Hill, 2019).
The verbal senses are grouped with the above sense by MED, which appears semantically feasible, though non-trivial ("make an oval arc" > "hurdle, spread over, unfurl"). However, Hill's comparisons above make an etymological relation less likely (unless both Sino-Tibetan terms stem from the same proto-root, which could be something along the lines of "to depress, distort").

(of clothing) to spread over a bar, line, etc.


ငှ

Compare Old Chinese 義 (OC *ŋrals, “duty, justice”), 儀 (OC *ŋral, “ceremony, appearance”) (Hill, 2019).


ငဲ့

Compare Old Chinese 俄 (OC *ŋaːl, “slanting”) (Hill, 2019).


ဖဲ့

Compare Old Chinese 破 (OC *pʰaːls, “to break”) (Hill, 2019).


ခွဲစိတ်

ခွဲ (hkwai:, “to split”) + စိတ် (cit, “to slice”).

af

to cut, incise, operate surgically, dissect


သည်းခံ

သည်း (sany:, “to be severe”) + ခံ (hkam, “to bear, withstand”).


အခြေခံ

/ʔa̰t͡ɕʰèkʰàɴ/

အခြေ (a.hkre, “basis”) + ခံ (hkam, “to receive, bear”).

to found, rest upon, build upon, be based on


လာဘ်စား

လာဘ် (labh, “bribe”) + စား (ca:, “to eat”).


ခိုင်

The "stalk" sense is, despite the -uing final, connected by STEDT to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kuːŋ (“tree, branch, stem”) (whence also ကိုင်း (kuing:, “to bend over”)), which may be an areal word; see Old Chinese 弓 (OC *kʷɯŋ, “bow (weapon)”) for more.
The "durable" senses aren't given etymology by STEDT (khuiŋ "firm, strong, durable"), though a relation to the "stalk" sense appears feasible.


ဆက်စပ်

ဆက် (hcak, “to join, connect”) + စပ် (cap, “to adjoin”).


ဒဏ်ခတ်

ဒဏ် (dan, “punishment”) + ခတ် (hkat, “to beat, strike”).


ကတိတည်

ကတိ (ka.ti., “promise”) + တည် (tany, “to establish, lie in repose”).


စောင့်ရှောက်

my-verb

စောင့်ရှောက် • (caung.hrauk)

စောင့် (caung., “to keep guard, restrain”) + ရှောက် (hrauk, “to cling”).


ကတိပေး

ကတိ (ka.ti., “promise”) + ပေး (pe:, “to give”).


ထူးဆန်း

ထူး (htu:, “to be different, special”) + ဆန်း (hcan:, “to be new, novel”).


လက်ဆင့်ကမ်း

/lɛʔsʰɪ̰ɴkáɴ/

လက် (lak, “arm”) + ဆင့် (hcang., “to stack up”) + ကမ်း (kam:, “to pass, give”).


ယူဆ

ယူ (yu, “to take, accept”) + ဆ (hca., “to estimate by hefting”).


အုံ

och-l

蟄 (OC *dib, “to hibernate, live in seclusion”)

to apply poultice or medicinal plaster over a swelling, etc.

to pile up (charcoal, firewood, etc.) over a fire


ဆိုက်ရောက်

ဆိုက် (hcuik, “to meet, arrive”) + ရောက် (rauk, “to arrive, reach”).

af

to point towards, lead (one) to infer, denote


ဆွေမျိုးတော်

ဆွေမျိုး (hcwe-myui:, “relatives, kin”) + တော် (tau, “to fit, be related”).


သင့်

och-l

相 (OC *slaŋ, *slaŋs, “reciprocal, evaluate for oneself”)

to be proper, suitable, becoming, agree with, get on well


အဆင်သင့်

/ʔa̰sʰɪ̀ɴθɪ̰ɴ/

အဆင် (a.hcang, “condition, pattern”) + သင့် (sang., “to be suitable”).

af

to be opportune, be favorable, be suitable


သနား

သ (sa., “to keep trim, sharpen”) + နာ (na, “to be hurt, sick”)


နပ်

och-l

茹 (OC *nja, *njaʔ, *njas, “to eat; to bear; vegetables”)

(of rice, meat, etc.) to be fully cooked


ညှိ

The "slime" sense is not explicitly mentioned by MED, with only its compound words included, though it appears to be etymologically distinct from the "level" and "compare" senses, being related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nyak (“dirt, filth”) by STEDT; see ညစ် (nyac, “to be dirty”) for more.

inh

(in the sense of the abbreviation cf) to confer

to ignite, light (a fire, cigarette, etc.)


ထွန်းညှိ

ထွန်း (htwan:, “to light, shine”) + ညှိ (hnyi., “to ignite”).


ဂါရဝပြု

From Pali gārava (“reverence, respect, esteem”) + ပြု (pru., “to do”). The Pali term is from Sanskrit गौरव (gaurava, “honor, glory”).


ဦးညွှတ်

ဦး (u:, “head”) + ညွှတ် (hnywat, “to bend (stick)”).


ကူးစက်

ကူး (ku:, “to cross over”) + စက် (cak, “wheel, authority”).


လန်းဆန်း

လန်း (lan:, “to be fresh”) + ဆန်း (hcan:, “to be novel”).

to be fresh, invigorated, radiant, buoyant


အိပ်ငိုက်

my-verb

အိပ်ငိုက် • (ipnguik)

အိပ် (ip, “to sleep”) + ငိုက် (nguik, “to nod in drowsiness”).


စိတ်ပူ

my-verb

စိတ်ပူ • (citpu)

စိတ် (cit, “mind, desire”) + ပူ (pu, “hot; to be worried”).


အလုပ်များ

အလုပ် (a.lup, “activity, work”) + များ (mya:, “many, plenty”).


ဆူညံ

ဆူ (hcu, “to boil, be noisy”) + ညံ (nyam, “to be noisy”).


ယူလာ

ယူ (yu, “to take”) + လာ (la, “to come”).


ထည့်

to send someone along with someone (else)