Burmese

Noun

သစ် • ‎(sac) (Romanization: MLCTS: sac • ALA-LC: sac‘ • BGN/PCGN: thit • Okell: thiʔ)

1. wood, timber

Derived terms

• သစ်ပင် ‎(sacpang)
• သစ်တော ‎(sactau:)
• သစ်သား ‎(sacsa:)
• သစ်သီး ‎(sacsi:)

Etymology 2

Perhaps from the same root as above; compare Middle Chinese 新 ‎(xīn, “new”), Mandarin 新 ‎(xīn, “new”) and Cantonese 新 ‎(san1, “new”).

Adjective

သစ် • ‎(sac) (Romanization: MLCTS: sac • ALA-LC: sac‘ • BGN/PCGN: thit • Okell: thiʔ)

1. new

References

• “သစ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.