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သူ

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See also: သူး, -သူ, and သူ-

Burmese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *su ~ s-lu (who; indefinite pronoun; remote third-person pronoun) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan སུ (su, who), as well as လူ (lu, person).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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သူ (su)

  1. one who does something

Pronoun

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သူ (su)

  1. he or she (gender-neutral third person pronoun)
  2. it

Synonyms

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Particle

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သူ (su)

  1. word used to designate the nature of a female's status, locality

Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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Pa'o Karen

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Pa'o Karen cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : သူ

Etymology

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From Proto-Karen *khrowᴬ (six) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *xy⁴ (idem) (Burling, 1969). Cognate with S'gaw Karen ဃု (xu).

Pronunciation

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  • (Northern & Southern Pa'o) IPA(key): /sṳ³¹/

Numeral

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သူ (transliteration needed)

  1. six

S'gaw Karen

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Etymology 1

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Compare Eastern Pwo သိုင့် (θə̂ɴ), Western Pwo ၥၧၫ့.

Verb

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သူ (thoo)

  1. (stative) to be black

Etymology 2

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Cognate with Eastern Pwo သူ့ (θɯ̂).

Verb

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သူ (thoo)

  1. (stative) to be dry
  2. With the impersonal subject တၢ် (ta̱): thirsty
    တၢ်သူယသးလၢထံ
    ta̱thooya thä luh hṭee
    I am thirsty.
    .

Etymology 3

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Verb

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သူ (thoo)

  1. to use
  2. to spend

Etymology 4

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Verb

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သူ (thoo)

  1. to scull

Shan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Southwestern Tai *suːᴬ (you (plural)). Cognate with Thai สู (sǔu), Northern Thai ᩈᩪ (sǔu), Isan สู, Lao ສູ (), ᦉᦴ (ṡuu), Tai Dam ꪎꪴ, Tai Nüa ᥔᥧᥴ (), Ahom 𑜏𑜥 (), Zhuang sou.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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သူ (sǔu)

  1. you (plural).