သော့

See also: သော

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θɔ̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: sau. • ALA-LC: soʹ • BGN/PCGN: thaw. • Okell: thó

Etymology 1

From Old Chinese 鎖 (OC *soːlʔ). Cognate with Khün ᨪᩳ, Lü ᦌᦸ (soa), Shan သေႃး (sáu), Tai Nüa ᥔᥨᥝᥰ (söw), Khamti ꩬူဝ်း, Khmer សោ (sao), Mon သအ်. Compare Thai โซ่ (sôo, “chain”), Lao ໂສ້ (sō, “chain”), Khün ᩈ᩠ᩅᩫ᩶ (“chain”).

Noun

သော့ • (sau.)

1. key
2. lock

Derived terms

• သော့တံ (sau.tam, “key”)

Etymology 2

Verb

သော့ • (sau.)

1. to be quick, to be rapid

References

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