စုတ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soʊʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: cut • ALA-LC: cutʻ • BGN/PCGN: sok • Okell: souʔ
• Homophone: စုပ် (cup)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *m-dzj(u/i)t (“to tear, rip”); cognate with Lahu [script needed] (jɨ̀ʔ, “to tear something”) (STEDT). Said root appears to be allofamically related to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *9d)ziːt ~ *(t)siːt (“to split”), the latter whence Tibetan ཟེད (zed, “broken off, damaged, injured”) and Jingpho [script needed] (šìt, “to split lengthwise”). Note also similarities with these roots to Old Chinese 撕 (OC *seː, *se, “to tear, shred, rip”).

Verb

စုတ် • (cut)

Burmese verb set

Base	စုတ် (cut)
Causative	ဆုတ် (hcut)

1. to tear, be torn

Adjective

စုတ် • (cut)

1. torn

Derived terms

• ကြွက်စုတ် (krwakcut)
• ချဉ်စုတ် (hkyanycut)
• ခရုစုတ် (hka.ru.cut)
• ခရုစုတ်အနက် (hka.ru.cut-a.nak)
• ခရုစုတ်အဖြူ (hka.ru.cut-a.hpru)
• စုတ်စုတ်လန် (cutcutlan)
• စုတ်ပြတ် (cutprat)
• စုတ်ပြဲ (cutprai:)
• စုတ်ပဲ့ (cutpai.)
• ညစ်စုတ် (nyaccut)
• ပိုးမွေးစုတ် (pui:mwe:cut)
• မွေးစုတ်တဘက် (mwe:cutta.bhak)
• အစုတ် (a.cut)
• အစုတ်စုတ်အပြတ်ပြတ် (a.cutcut-a.pratprat)
• အနုပ်စုတ်ကုပ်စုတ် (a.nupcutkupcut)

Etymology 2

Noun

စုတ် • (cut)

1. brush (for painting)
2. tattooing iron

Derived terms

• စုတ်ချက် (cuthkyak)
• စုတ်ချွန်းချွန်း (cuthkywan:hkywan:)
• စုတ်စုတ်လန် (cutcutlan)
• စုတ်တံ (cuttam)
• စုတ်ထိုး (cuthtui:)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981.”)

Verb

စုတ် • (cut)

1. to intone

Derived terms

• ဂါထာစုတ် (gahtacut)
• စုတ်ထိုး (cuthtui:)
• စုတ်သပ် (cutsap)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Sanskrit युग (yuga).

Noun

စုတ် • (cut)

1. period associated with a number of good portents
2. marriage

Etymology 5

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981.”)

Verb

စုတ် • (cut)

1. (archaic) to press forward forcibly

Further reading

• “စုတ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• “စုတ်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 378.