S'gaw Karen

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Karen *chuNᴮ (feather, fur, body hair). Cognate with Eastern Pwo ဆံင်း (chóɴ).

Noun

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ဆူၣ် (hsoò)

  1. hair

Etymology 2

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Cognate with Eastern Pwo ဆံင်း (chóɴ).

Verb

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ဆူၣ် (hsoò)

  1. (stative) to be strong
  2. Used as the second component in verb compounds to indicate that something is done by force.
Derived terms
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References

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  • Luangthongkum, Theraphan (2019) “A view on proto-Karen phonology and lexicon”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society[1], volume 12, number 1