သဲ

Burmese

သဲ

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/z)a-j (“earth, sand, soil”). Compare Chinese 沙 (OC *sraːl, *sraːls, “sand”).

Proto-Tai *zwɯəjᴬ (“sand”), whence Thai ทราย (saai), Lao ຊາຍ (sāi) and Zhuang saiz, was probably borrewed from Proto-Sino-Tibetan or one of its descendants.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θɛ́/

Romanization: MLCTS: sai: • ALA-LC: sai • BGN/PCGN: thè: • Okell: thè

Noun

သဲ • (sai:)

sand

Derived terms

သဲကျောက် (sai:kyauk, “sandstone”)

References

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

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