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 ()

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.