sou
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French sou. Doublet of solidus and soldo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sou (plural sous)
- (historical) An old French copper coin equal to one twentieth of a livre or twelve deniers; one sou is to the livre as one shilling is to the pound.
- 1918 February (date written), Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Je ne parle pas français”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 73:
- He is grey, flat-footed and withered, with long, brittle nails that set your nerves on edge while he scrapes up your two sous.
- (dated, slang) Cent; pocket money.
- (dated) A thing of the smallest value; a whit; a jot.
- I do not care a sou for your excuses.
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sou
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Catalan sou~sol, from Late Latin soldus, contraction of Latin solĭdus. Doublet of sòlid. Compare French sou.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sou m (plural sous)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
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sou
Etymology 3 edit
Inherited from Old Catalan sou (feminine sua), from Latin suum, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé (“self”).
Alternative forms edit
- seu (non-Algherese dialects)
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
sou (feminine sua, masculine plural sous, feminine plural sues)
- (Alghero) your, yours (singular, alluding to vostè)
- (Alghero) his, her/hers, its
- (Alghero, archaic, rare) their, theirs
Usage notes edit
- In contemporary Algherese, this word primarily gives reference to vostè. Only rarely does it give reference to multiple possessors, this use being archaic.
Descendants edit
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References edit
- “sou (2)”, in Diccionari d'Alguerés[1], accessed 17 May 2022
- El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit, Barcelona, 2003, →ISBN, page 30
Further reading edit
- “sou” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sou” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Folopa edit
Noun edit
sou
- Alternative form of so
References edit
- Karl James Franklin, Pacific Linguistics (1973, →ISBN, page 130: Polopa so/sou woman, cf. DAR sou female animal but we woman.
- Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 15: Boro, Suri, Tebera sou, Sopese šo
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French, inherited from Late Latin soldus, from Latin solidus. Doublet of solide. See also the form sol, which kept the historical spelling from Old French, even if it came to be pronounced like sou.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /su/
Audio (file)
- Rhymes: -u
- Homophones: sous, saoul, saouls (and their alternative spellings)
Noun edit
sou m (plural sous)
- (historical, numismatics) sou (old French coin)
- (by extension, chiefly in the plural, colloquial) money; cash
- Tu peux me prêter des sous ? ― Can you lend me some cash?
- (Quebec, Louisiana, colloquial) cent (one hundredth of a dollar)
- Ça va être six piastres et vingt-cinq sous, s’il te plaît. ― That'll be six dollars and twenty-five cents, please.
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Further reading edit
- “sou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Verb edit
sou
- (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of ser
Haitian Creole edit
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
sou
- on
- about, concerning
- 2019 March 19, “Rankont ann Itali ant Anvwaye Espesyal Etazini ak Larisi sou Kriz Venezuela a”, in Lavwadlamerik[2]:
- Anvwaye espesyal Etazini pou Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, ak vis-minis afè etranjè Larisi, Sergei Ryabkov, ap fè reyinyon nan vil Wòm ann Itali pou yo pale sou sityasyon Venezuela kap agrave.”
- American Special Envoy for Venezuela Elliot Abrams and Russian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Ryabkov are meeting in the city of Rome, Italy to talk about "the worsening situation in Venezuela."
Iu Mien edit
Etymology edit
From Chinese 書 (MC syo). Compare Bu-Nao Bunu hswb.
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sou
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sou
Leonese edit
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sou
Lindu edit
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sou
Livonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *savu, from Proto-Finno-Permic *sawe. Cognates include Finnish savu.
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sou
Louisiana Creole edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from French saoul (“drunk”).
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sou
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from French sou (“sou, cent”).
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sou
Luxembourgish edit
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sou
- Alternative form of esou
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
- Nonstandard spelling of sōu.
- Nonstandard spelling of sǒu.
- Nonstandard spelling of sòu.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Mirandese edit
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sou
Old Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
sou (feminine sua, masculine plural sous, feminine plural sues)
Descendants edit
- Catalan: seu
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
- sô (Brazil, nonstandard)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin sum (“I am”). Cognate with Galician son, Spanish soy, Italian sono, French suis, and Romanian sunt.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sou
- first-person singular present indicative of ser
- 2007, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 589:
- Sou excepcionalmente famoso.
- I am exceptionally famous.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
sou n (plural souuri)
- (coin) sou
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Sardinian edit
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Etymology edit
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Pronoun edit
sou (plural suos, feminine sua, feminine plural suas)
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Sassarese edit
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Determiner edit
sou (feminine singular soa, plural soi)
- Alternative form of sóiu
Pronoun edit
sou m (feminine singular soa, masculine and feminine plural soi)
- Alternative form of sóiu
References edit
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
Ternate edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sou
References edit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
West Makian edit
Etymology edit
Likely cognate with Ternate sou (“medicine”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sou
References edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[3], Pacific linguistics (as sow)
Zhuang edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Southwestern Tai *suːᴬ (“you (plural)”) (whence Thai สู (sǔu), Northern Thai ᩈᩪ, Isan สู, Lao ສູ (sū), Lü ᦉᦴ (ṡuu), Tai Dam ꪎꪴ, Shan သူ (sǔu), Tai Nüa ᥔᥧᥴ (sú), Ahom 𑜏𑜥 (sū)).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /θou˨˦/
- Tone numbers: sou1
- Hyphenation: sou
Pronoun edit
sou (Sawndip forms 𠈅 or 修 or 收 or 苏 or 唆 or 数 or 𠉑 or 叟 or 傃, 1957–1982 spelling sou)
- you (plural)
See also edit
Standard Zhuang personal pronouns | |||
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Person | Singular | Plural | |
1st | exclusive | gou | dou |
inclusive | raeuz | ||
2nd | mwngz | sou | |
3rd | de | gyoengqde |