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)

  1. to be tipsy, be drunk, be intoxicated
  2. to be intoxicated (with power, pride, etc.)
  3. to wallow in (the lap of luxury, etc.)
  4. 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)

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