သား

See also: -သား

Burmese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θá/

Romanization: MLCTS: sa: • ALA-LC: sā″ • BGN/PCGN: tha: • Okell: thà

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsa ~ za (“child”).

Noun

သား • (sa:)

son

Coordinate terms

သမီး (sa.mi:, “daughter”)
အဖ (a.hpa.), အဖေ (a.hpe, “father”)
အမိ (a.mi.), အမေ (a.me, “mother”)

Derived terms

-သား (-sa:, “male resident, inhabitant, member of”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sja-n (“meat”).

Noun

သား • (sa:)

(in compounds) meat, flesh

Derived terms

ကြက်သား (kraksa:, “chicken (meat)”)
ဝက်သား (waksa:, “pork”)
အမဲသား (a.mai:sa:, “beef”)
အသား (a.sa:, “meat”)

References

“သား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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