Burmeseadj.n.
/bəːˈmiːz/ A. adj.
Of or relating to Burma (Myanmar), its inhabitants, or their language.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > Burma
Burmese1823
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Burma or Thailand > [adjective]
Siamese1728
Thai1808
Burman1814
Burmese1823
the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [adjective] > Tibeto-Burman > Burmese
Kuki1799
Burman1814
Burmese1823
Lushai1862
1823 A. Judson in F. Wayland Mem. (1853) I. 256 Translated from the Burmese original.
1827 H. G. Bell in Constable's Misc. IX. (title) A Narrative of the Late Military and Political Operations in the Birmese Empire.
1842 A. Judson Burmese Lang. 5 The Burmese alphabet consists of ten vowels..and thirty two consonants.
1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 551 The Burmese empire with its present limits contains no maritime districts.
1920 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 519/2 Adorable Burmese babies.
1965 [see sense B. 2]. B. n.
1. A native of Burma; also collective.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Burma or Thailand > [noun]
Siamite1601
Siamese1693
Siamer1697
Burman1800
Burmese1824
Thai1841
Thailander1961
1824 T. Evans Disp. 11 Oct. in W. James Naval Hist. Great Brit. (1837) VI. 465 The Burmese jumping overboard to save themselves.
1842 A. Judson Burmese Lang. 9 The character °..is reckoned among the consonants, by the Burmese.
1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 551 The sugar cane appears to have been long known to the Burmese.
1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 552 The Burmese in person have the Mongoloid characteristics.
1876 ‘J. Bradley’ Trav. & Sport ii. 29 These people, like all other Burmese, were vivacious and noisy.
1885 G. C. Whitworth Anglo-Indian Dict. 54/2 Burman, a native of Burma, a Burmese.
1937 C. V. Warren Burmese Interlude xxi. 141 The ‘victories’ claimed by the Burmese in their riots during 1930 against the Chinese and Indians.
2. The language of Burma.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [noun] > Tibeto-Burman > Burmic > Kachin or Rawang > Burmese
Burman1826
Burmese1842
1842 A. Judson Burmese Lang. 6 The pronunciation of the cerebrals and the dentals, though different in the Sungskrit, is the same in the Burmese.
1894 R. F. St. John Burmese Reader Pref. It is a great mistake to suppose that Burmese..can be learnt properly from a phrase-book.
1965 B. Sweet-Escott Baker St. Irregular viii. 246 None of us could speak Burmese, but..he proposed to read us the Burmese text of a letter he had received.
Compounds
In the specific names of minerals, fauna, etc., found in Burma. C1.
Burmese naphtha n.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > oil > naphtha
naphtha1543
neftec1575
oil of the rock1653
rock oil1668
Burmese naphtha1858
1858 H. B. Jones & A. W. Hoffman Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 7) 655 The Burmese naphtha (Rangoon tar)..consists principally of liquid homologues of marsh gas, associated with small quantities of hydrocarbons of the benzol-series.
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Burmese cat n. a breed of domestic cat (see quots.); also elliptical.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > miscellaneous breeds of
blue cat1771
chartreuse1838
Maltese1857
Maltese cat1857
Abyssinian1871
Abyssinian cat1871
Russian Blue1872
Malay cat1881
chinchilla1889
longhair1889
Russian longhair1889
Maine cat1900
short-hair1903
British Shorthair1923
British Blue1929
Burmese cat1939
rex1958
rag doll1970
Maine Coon1971
1939 I. M. Mellen Pract. Cat Bk. i. 3 Various long-haired cats of the Orient, Persian, Angora, Russian, Burmese, etc.
1939 I. M. Mellen Pract. Cat Bk. i. 26 The Burmese Cat..is of medium size, muscular, with slim legs, the hind legs being long and tilting the body slightly downward.
1962 House & Garden Dec. 6/3 The fashionable Burmese, which..combine the fluffy coat of the Persian with Siamese colouring and eyes.
Burmese rosewood n. = lingoa n.
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1994 M. Griffiths Index Garden Plants 952/1 P[terocarpus] indicus Willd. Padauk; padouk; Burmese rosewood.
Burmese squirrel n. a squirrel native to Burma and Tenasserim, closely allied to Sciurus caniceps.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus sciurus (tree squirrel)
fox-squirrel1688
tree squirrel1822
Burmese squirrel1887
1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 438 Burmese squirrel.
Burmese worm n. a mulberry-feeding silkworm found domesticated in India.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Bombycidae > genus Bombyx > silk moth > caterpillar of bombyx mori or silkworm > bombyx arracarierisis (Burmese worm)
Burmese worm1887
1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 60 Bombyx arracanensis, the Burmese worm.
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