ဆပ်
Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sʰaʔ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hcap • ALA-LC: chapʻ • BGN/PCGN: hsat • Okell: hsaʔ
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsap (“to repay”).
Luce (1981)'s comparison with Old Chinese 答 (OC *tkuːb, “to reply”) is phonetically unconvincing.
Verb
ဆပ် • (hcap)
- to repay, pay back (a loan, act of kindness, etc.), do something out of gratitude
- to suffer for past misdeeds
Derived terms
- ကြွေးဆပ် (krwe:hcap)
- နို့ဖိုးဆပ် (nui.hpui:hcap)
- ပေးဆပ် (pe:hcap)
- အကြွေးဆပ် (a.krwe:hcap)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *tsap (“millet”). Compare also Nuosu ꏹ (jyp, “millet”) and Old Chinese 穄 (OC *ʔsleds, “millet”) (Schuessler, 2007: 299).
Noun
ဆပ် • (hcap)
Derived terms
- ဆပ်ကုံး (hcapkum:)
Further reading
- “ဆပ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Mon
Etymology
Borrowed from Burmese ဆပ် (hcap).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /chɔp/
Noun
ဆပ် (chɔp)
- panic millet
References
- Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.