အသူ

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-) +‎ သူ (su). Cognate with Rakhine အသူ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa̰θù/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.su • ALA-LC: ʼasū • BGN/PCGN: a.thu • Okell: áthu

Noun

အသူ • (a.su)

1. measure of height and depth equivalent to the height of a man with upraised hands

Pronoun

အသူ • (a.su)

1. who

Synonyms

• ဘယ်သူ (bhaisu)

References

• “အသူ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali asuro, a word with the same sound and the same meaning Thai อสูร (à-sǔun).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔasu/

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Noun

အသူ ('asū)

1. (Buddhism), Asura, a fallen angel or a kind of deva who is the sworn enemy of the Tarvaetoing deva.

Rakhine

Etymology

အ- +‎ သူ. Cognate with Burmese အသူ (a.su).

Pronoun

အသူ (transliteration needed)

1. who

S'gaw Karen

Noun

အသူ • (ʼa thoo)

1. black