ဆူ

• IPA^(key): /sʰù/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hcu • ALA-LC: chū • BGN/PCGN: hsu • Okell: hsu

Inherited from Old Burmese ဆော, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsjow (“to boil, burn, cook, bake”). Cognate with Old Chinese 焦 (OC *ʔsew, “to scorch”); see there for more (STEDT).

The "be noisy" sense isn't given etymology by STEDT (shu²² "make a row, racket") and isn't mentioned by Luce 1981, while MED considers it a semantic extension of the "boil" sense, which appears semantically reasonable.

ဆူ • (hcu)

1. (intransitive, of water, liquid) to boil, come to a boiling stage
2. to effervesce, bubble, seethe
3. to be noisy, clamor
4. to scold, reprove
5. to be in a state of unrest

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsow-s (“fat, omentum”). Cognate with Old Chinese 臇 (OC *ʔsol, *ʔsonʔ, “fatty; meaningful”); see there for more (STEDT).

ဆူ • (hcu)

1. plump, fat (thick)

ဆူ • (hcu)

1. to be plump, be well-filled out

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *tsu (“spirit of dead”); cognate with Jingpho [script needed] (tsù, “spirit”) (STEDT). Note also similarities to Old Chinese 座 (OC *zoːls, “classifier for buildings”).

ဆူ • (hcu)

1. (Buddhism) numerical classifier for pagodas, images of the Buddha, and other sacred objects

   ဘုရား နှစ်ဆူ

   bhu.ra: hnachcu

   two pagodas

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

ဆူ • (hsoo)

1. Used to indicate destination: to