Burmese

Verb

သိပ် • ‎(sip) (Romanization: MLCTS: sip • ALA-LC: sip‘ • BGN/PCGN: theik • Okell: theiʔ)

1. to compress, crowd, cram, stuff

Adverb

သိပ် • ‎(sip) (Romanization: MLCTS: sip • ALA-LC: sip‘ • BGN/PCGN: theik • Okell: theiʔ)

1. (colloquial) very, very much

   သိပ်မကြိုက်ဘူး။‎

   sipma.kruikbhu:||

   I don’t like it very much.

   သိပ်စည်တယ်။‎

   sipcanytai||

   It was very crowded.

   လူ သိပ်မရှိဘူး။‎

   lu sipma.hri.bhu:||

   There weren’t very many people.

Synonyms

• တယ် ‎(tai)
• အရမ်း ‎(a.ram:)
• အလွန် ‎(a.lwan)

References

• “သိပ်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 1024.
• “သိပ်” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, ISBN 0-7007-1381-6), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
• “သိပ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• “သိပ်” in Wörterbuch Burmesisch–Deutsch (VEB Verlag Enzykolopädie Leipzig 1976), by Annemarie Esche.