ᠰᡠᠰᡠ

Manchu

Etymology

Cognate with Bala 苏苏 (susu). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [su.su]

Noun

ᠰᡠᠰᡠ • (susu)

1. ruins; wasteland
   • 1650, Luo Guanzhong, translated by Kicungge, Fan Wencheng, Garin, et al., ᡳᠯᠠᠨ
     ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ ᡳ
     ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝ [ilan gurun-i bithe, Romance of the Three Kingdoms]:

     ᠴᠠᠩ
     ᠠᠨ
     ᠪᡝ
     ᡨᡠᠸᠠ
     ᠰᡳᠨᡩᠠᡵᠠ
     ᠵᠠᡴᠠᡩᡝ᠈
     ᡤᡝᠮᡠ
     ᠰᡠᠰᡠ
     ᠣᡥᠣᠪᡳ᠉

     cang an be tuwa sindara jakade, gemu susu ohobi.

     (They) set Chang'an on fire, then the city fell into complete ruin.

2. ancestral hometown

   ᡩᠠ
   ᠰᡠᠰᡠ ― da susu ― place of origin

Derived terms

• ᠰᡠᠰᡠᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ (susubumbi)