သေး

See also: သေ and သွေး

Burmese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *g-ts(y)i-t/n. Doublet of ဆီး (hci:).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θé/
• Romanization: MLCTS: se: • ALA-LC: seʺ • BGN/PCGN: the: • Okell: theì

Adjective

သေး • (se:)

1. small

Noun

သေး • (se:)

1. (vulgar) urine, piss

Synonyms

• ဆီး (hci:)
• အပေါ့ (a.pau.) (polite)

Particle

သေး • (se:)

1. yet, still, so far

   စောပါသေးတယ်

   cau:pase:tai

   It was still early.

   မပြန်ချင်သေးပါဘူ

   ma.pranhkyangse:pabhu

   He doesn't want to go back yet.

2. further, more, in addition

   ယိုးဒယားလိုလဲ ပြောတတ်သေးတယ်

   yui:da.ya:luilai: prau:tatse:tai

   She can speak Thai, too.

   ဘယ်သူ လာသေးသလဲ

   bhaisu lase:sa.lai:

   Who else came?

   (literally, “Who came in addition?”)

Further reading

• “သေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• Okell, John (1969) A Reference Grammar of Colloquial Burmese, London: Oxford University Press, pages 434–35