ဆူၣ်

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen *chuNᴮ (“feather, fur, body hair”). Cognate with Eastern Pwo ဆံင်း (chóɴ).

Noun

ဆူၣ် • (hsoò)

1. hair

Etymology 2

Cognate with Eastern Pwo ဆံင်း (chóɴ).

Verb

ဆူၣ် • (hsoò)

1. (stative) to be strong
2. Used as the second component in verb compounds to indicate that something is done by force.
3. Used after a clause to indicate that something is done energetically or a lot.

   တဲတၢ်ဆူၣ်

   teh ta̱hsoò

   to talk a lot

Compounds

• ဖီၣ်ဆူၣ် (hpaẁ hsoò)

 

References

• Luangthongkum, Theraphan (2019) “A view on proto-Karen phonology and lexicon”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society‎^[1], volume 12, number 1