သိုး

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /θó/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sui: • ALA-LC: suiʺ • BGN/PCGN: tho: • Okell: thoù

Etymology 1

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သိုး

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *səw (sheep). Cognate with Kayan [Term?] (θɔ³³, sheep) (STEDT).

Noun

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သိုး (sui:)

  1. sheep (animal)
    Synonym: ဆိတ်ကုလား (hcitku.la:)
  2. a kind of woolen hat, felt hat
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Shan: သူဝ်း ()

Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (sûi "incipiently putrid; stale, rancid"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Bears some resemblance to Old Chinese 餿 (OC *sru, “stale, rancid”).”

Verb

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သိုး (sui:)

  1. to become stale
  2. (figuratively) to fall into a deep slumber

Adjective

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သိုး (sui:)

  1. stale
  2. rancid
  3. full-grown; sexually mature
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Further reading

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  • သိုး 1 ‘sheep; hat’” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 1043.
  • သိုး 2 ‘stale; rancid’” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 1044.
  • သိုး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.