သူ

See also: သူး, -သူ, and သူ-

Burmese

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /θù/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: su • ALA-LC: sū • BGN/PCGN: thu • Okell: thu

Noun

သူ • (su)

  1. one who does something

Pronoun

သူ • (su)

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

Synonyms

Particle

သူ • (su)

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

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Pa'o Karen

Pa'o Karen cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : သူ

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

သူ (transliteration needed)

  1. six

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

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

Verb

သူ • (thoo)

  1. (stative) to be black

Etymology 2

Cognate with Eastern Pwo သူ့ (θɯ̂).

Verb

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

Verb

သူ • (thoo)

  1. to use
  2. to spend

Etymology 4

Verb

သူ • (thoo)

  1. to scull

Etymology 5

See ခိၣ်သူ (khoh̀ thoo).

Noun

သူ • (thoo)

  1. (ခိၣ်~) hair

Shan

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /sʰuː˨˦/
  • Rhymes: -uː

Pronoun

သူ • (sǔu)

  1. you (plural).