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သုတ်

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See also: သတ်, သူတို့, and သော့တံ

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /θoʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sut • ALA-LC: sutʻ • BGN/PCGN: thok • Okell: thouʔ

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *sutᴴ ~ sitᴴ (“to wipe, sweep”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s(u/i)t (“to wipe, sweep, rub, scrub”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan བཤུད (bshud, “to wipe”), Old Chinese 刷 (OC *sroːd, *srod, “to rub; brush”)[1] (though STEDT mistakenly puts down 恤 (OC *sqʰʷiɡ, “to sympathize, compensate”) for the Chinese character instead).

Verb

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သုတ် • (sut)

  1. to wipe (rub to remove a surface substance)
  2. to spread; to paint; to apply paint or earth oil
  3. to be waft
  4. to dash; to scurry
  5. to jerk; to snatch; to swoop

Classifier

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သုတ် • (sut)

  1. numerical classifier for counting movements in groups or operations in shifts

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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From Pali sutta. Doublet of သုတ္တ (sutta.).

Noun

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သုတ် • (sut)

  1. (Buddhism) sutta
  2. (Buddhism) complete series of the Buddha's discourses constituting the Sutta Pitaka
  3. (Buddhism) discourse delivered by the Buddha
  4. aphorism
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • → Shan: သုၵ်ႈ (sūk)

References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UT Finals (22. to Wipe)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 51

Further reading

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