ယစ်
Burmese
Etymology
From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *yit (“drunk”); cognate with Akha jɛ̀q (“drunk”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɪʔ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: yac • ALA-LC: yacʻ • BGN/PCGN: yit • Okell: yiʔ
Verb
ယစ် • (yac)
- to be tipsy, be drunk, be intoxicated
- to be intoxicated (with power, pride, etc.)
- to wallow in (the lap of luxury, etc.)
- to be surfeited (with rich food or fat, etc.)
Derived terms
- ဇိမ်ယစ် (jim-yac)
- နတ်ယစ် (natyac)
- မာန်ယစ် (man-yac)
- မုန်ယစ် (mun-yac)
- မူးယစ် (mu:yac)
- မူးယစ်ဆေးဝါး (mu:yachce:wa:)
- ယစ်ထုတ် (yachtut)
- ယစ်မျိုး (yacmyui:)
- ယစ်မူး (yacmu:)
- အဆီယစ် (a.hciyac)
Further reading
- “ယစ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.