သူဌေး

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali seṭṭhi (“treasurer”), from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठीन् (śreṣṭhīn). Indigenized as သူ- (su-, “-er”) +‎ ဌေး (hte:, “wealthy”). Doublet of ချစ်တီး (hkyacti:).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: သူ'ဌေး
• IPA^(key): /θətʰé/
• Romanization: MLCTS: suhte: • ALA-LC: sūṭheʺ • BGN/PCGN: thăhte: • Okell: thăhteì

Noun

သူဌေး • (suhte:)

1. wealthy person
2. (slang, informal) boss, employer

Synonyms

• ကြေးရတတ် (kre:ra.tat)
• လူချမ်းသာ (luhkyam:sa)
• သူကြွယ် (su-krwai)
• ဥစ္စာရှင် (uccahrang)

Descendants

• → Jingpho: săhti
• → Shan: သထေး (sǎ thée)

Further reading

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