သိုး

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See also: သို, သို့, and သုံး

Burmese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /θó/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sui: • ALA-LC: suiʺ • BGN/PCGN: tho: • Okell: thoù

Etymology 1[edit]

သိုး

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *səw (“sheep”).

Noun[edit]

သိုး • (sui:)

  1. sheep (animal)
  2. a kind of woolen hat
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • → Shan: သူဝ်း (só)

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

သိုး • (sui:)

  1. stale
  2. rancid
  3. full-grown; sexually mature

References[edit]

  • “သိုး 1 ‘sheep; hat’” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 1043.
  • “သိုး 2 ‘stale; rancid’” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 1044.
  • “သိုး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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