သစ်

• IPA^(key): /θɪʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: sac • ALA-LC: sacʻ • BGN/PCGN: thit • Okell: thiʔ

သစ် (sac)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *siŋ ~ sik (“tree, wood”); compare Mandarin 薪 (xīn, “wood”) and Cantonese 薪 (san1, “wood”).

သစ် • (sac)

1. wood, timber

Perhaps from the same root as above; compare Middle Chinese 新 (MC sin, “new”). Cognate to Mandarin 新 (xīn, “new”) and Cantonese 新 (san1, “new”).

သစ် • (sac)

1. new

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-zik (“leopard”). Cognate with Zhaba ʑe⁵⁵ mei⁵⁵ (“leopard/panther”)

သစ် • (sac)

1. leopard

• (felids) ကြောင်မျိုးရင်း (kraungmyui:rang:); ကျား (kya:, “tiger”), ကျားကျုတ် (kya:kyut, “leopard cat”), ကျားသစ် (kya:sac, “leopard”), ကြောင် (kraung, “domestic cat”), ခြင်္သေ့ (hkrangse., “lion”), နှင်းကျားသစ် (hnang:kya:sac, “snow leopard”), သစ်ကျုတ် (sackyut, “cheetah”), သစ်နက် (sacnak, “leopard”) ^{(Category: my:Felids)}

• “သစ် 2” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 989.
• “သစ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.