သီ

• IPA^(key): /sɛm/

Borrowed from Burmese သိမ်း (sim:).

သီ (sɛm)

1. to collect (up), tidy away
2. to bring to a conclusion

Borrowed from Pali sīmā (“boundary”). Cognate with Burmese သိမ် (sim), Shan သိမ်ႇ (sìm) and Lao ສິມ (sim).

သီ (sɛm)

1. (Buddhism) ordination hall

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

From Proto-Karen *sejᴬ (“dead, to die”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *si⁴ (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *səj (“to die”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen သံ (thee), Western Pwo ၥံၫ, Western Kayah ꤞꤛꤢꤩ꤭ (thyē).

• (Northern & Southern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /si̤³¹/

သီ (transliteration needed)

1. dead.

သီ (transliteration needed)

1. to die.

From Proto-Karen *saNᴬ (“new”).

သီ • (thaw)

1. new

• လီၢ်လံၤ (law̱ leē)

သီ • (thaw)

1. Classifier for days.

• Luangthongkum, Theraphan (2019) “A view on proto-Karen phonology and lexicon”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society‎, volume 12, number 1

• IPA^(key): /sʰiː˨˦/
• Rhymes: -iː

Cognate with Thai สี (sǐi), Lao ສີ (sī), Lü ᦉᦲ (ṡii), Tai Dam ꪎꪲ, Phake ꩬီ (sī), Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (sī), Zhuang cae, Zuojiang Zhuang cae.

သီ • (sǐi) (abstract noun လွင်ႈသီ)

1. to rub; to scrape.

Cognate with Thai สี (sǐi), Lao ສີ (sī), Lü ᦉᦲ (ṡii).

သီ • (sǐi)

1. color.