သိပ်

Burmese

Etymology

Causative of အိပ် (ip).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θeɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sip • ALA-LC: sipʻ • BGN/PCGN: theik • Okell: theiʔ

Verb

သိပ် • (sip)

  1. to compress, crowd, cram, stuff
  2. to cause to sleep
Burmese verb set
Base အိပ် (ip)
Causativeသိပ် (sip)

Descendants
  • → Mon: သိက်

Adverb

သိပ် • (sip)

  1. (colloquial) very, very much
    သိပ်မကြိုက်ဘူး။
    sipma.kruikbhu:||
    I don’t like it very much.
    သိပ်စည်တယ်။
    sipcanytai||
    It was very crowded.
    လူ သိပ်မရှိဘူး။
    lu sipma.hri.bhu:||
    There weren’t very many people.

Synonyms

References
  • “သိပ်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 1024.
  • “သိပ်” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
  • “သိပ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • “သိပ်” in Wörterbuch Burmesisch–Deutsch (VEB Verlag Enzykolopädie Leipzig 1976), by Annemarie Esche.
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