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

Pronoun

သူ • (su)

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

Synonyms

• (she): သူမ (suma.) (formal)

Derived terms

• သူ့ (su.)
• သူတို့ (sutui.)
• သူမ (suma.)
• သူများ (su-mya:)

 

See also

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

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

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

Shan

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʰuː˨˦/
• Rhymes: -uː

Pronoun

သူ • (sǔu)

1. you (plural).