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သူ

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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Burmese personal pronouns
Burmese Person Level of
speech		 Remarks
ငါ (nga) First Informal used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
ကျွန်တော် (kywantau) First Formal used by males
ကျွန်မ (kywanma.) First Formal used by females
ကျွန်ုပ် First Informal
ကျုပ် (kyup) First Informal
နင် (nang) Second Informal used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
မင်း (mang:) Second Informal used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
ညည်း (nyany:) Second Informal used by females when addressing another female of same age or one younger
တော် (tau) Second Informal used by females
ခင်ဗျား (hkangbya:) Second Formal used by males
ရှင် (hrang) Second Formal used by females
သင် (sang), အသင် (a.sang) Second Formal
သူ (su) Third
သင်း (sang:) Third
ချင်း (hkyang:) Third

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 (sū), Lü ᦉᦴ (ṡuu), Tai Dam ꪎꪴ, Tai Nüa ᥔᥧᥴ (sú), Ahom 𑜏𑜥 (sū), Zhuang sou.

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Pronoun

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သူ • (sǔu)

  1. you (plural).
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