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

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?”)

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