စုပ်

As a Sino-Tibetan word, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-tsjup (“to suck”).

Areally, compare also Thai สูบ (sùup), Lao ສູບ (sūp), Lü ᦉᦳᧇᧈ (ṡub¹), Khmer ជប់ (cup), ស្រូប (sroup) (possible doublets), Zhuang sup or cup.

The "soak up" and "tighten" senses aren't mentioned STEDT, though they are implicitly treated as semantic extensions of the "suck" sense by MED.

• IPA^(key): /soʊʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: cup • ALA-LC: cupʻ • BGN/PCGN: sok • Okell: souʔ
• Homophone: စုတ် (cut)

စုပ် • (cup)

1. to suck (to use the mouth to pull in (liquid etc.))
2. to soak up
3. to tighten

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