သစ်စိမ်းချိုးချိုး

Burmese

Etymology

သစ် (sac, “wood”) +‎ စိမ်း (cim:, “green”) +‎ ချိုး (hkyui:, “to break, bend”) +‎ ချိုး (hkyui:, “to break, bend”), interpreted as "to break a split green branch (of wood)".

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: သစ်စိမ်းဂျိုးချိုး
  • IPA(key): /θɪʔséɪɴd͡ʑót͡ɕʰó/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: saccim:hkyui:hkyui: • ALA-LC: sacʻcimʻʺkhyuiʺkhyuiʺ • BGN/PCGN: thitsein:gyo:cho: • Okell: thiʔseìñhcoùhcoù

Verb

သစ်စိမ်းချိုးချိုး • (saccim:hkyui:hkyui:)

  1. (figuratively) to sever a close relationship abruptly, act heartlessly

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