ချစ်

Burmese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Burmese ချတ် (khyat) or Old Burmese ခေတ် (khet), ultimately inherited from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kri(k/ŋ). Cognate with Zaiwa [ˀcit].

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɪʔ/

Romanization: MLCTS: hkyac • ALA-LC: khyacʻ • BGN/PCGN: chit • Okell: hciʔ

Verb

ချစ် • (hkyac)

to love
ချစ်တယ်။
hkyactai||
I love you.
to be friendly
to scratch

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “to love”): မုန်း (mun:, “to hate”)

Derived terms

ချစ်ခင် (hkyachkang)
ချစ်စနိုး (hkyacca.nui:)
ချစ်ရာ (hkyacra)
ချစ်သူ (hkyacsu)
အချစ် (a.hkyac)

Proper noun

ချစ် • (hkyac)

a unisex given name

Rakhine

Alternative forms

ချိုစ်
ချိုက်

Etymology

Directly cognate with Burmese ချစ် (hkyac).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰaɪʔ/

Verb

ချစ် (transliteration needed)

to love

References

“ချစ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Nishi, Y. (1999). Old Burmese: toward the history of Burmese. Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology, 23(3), 659-692.

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