သူ

See also: သူး, -သူ, and သူ-

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θù/
• Romanization: MLCTS: su • ALA-LC: sū • BGN/PCGN: thu • Okell: thu

Pronoun

သူ • (su)

1. he or she (gender-neutral third person pronoun)
2. it

Synonyms

• (she): သူမ (suma.) (formal)

Derived terms

• သူတို့ (sutui.)
• သူမ (suma.)
• သူများ (su-mya:)
• သူ့ (su.)

See also

Burmese personal pronouns

Burmese	Person	Level of speech	Remarks
ငါ (nga)	First	Informal	used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
ကျွန်တော် (kywantau)	First	Formal	used by males
ကျွန်မ (kywanma.)	First	Formal	used by females
ကျွန်ုပ်	First	Informal
ကျုပ် (kyup)	First	Informal
နင် (nang)	Second	Informal	used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
မင်း (mang:)	Second	Informal	used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
ညည်း (nyany:)	Second	Informal	used by females when addressing another female of same age or one younger
တော် (tau)	Second	Informal	used by females
ခင်ဗျား (hkangbya:)	Second	Formal	used by males
ရှင် (hrang)	Second	Formal	used by females
သင် (sang), အသင် (a.sang)	Second	Formal
သူ (su)	Third
သင်း (sang:)	Third
ချင်း (hkyang:)	Third

Pa'o Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *khrowᴬ (“six”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *xy⁴ (“idem”) (Burling, 1969).

Pronunciation

• (Northern & Southern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /sṳ³¹/

Numeral

သူ (transliteration needed)

1. six.

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

Compare Western Pwo ၥၧၫ့.

Adjective

သူ • (thoo)

1. black.

Etymology 2

Verb

သူ • (thoo)

1. to use.
2. to spend.

Etymology 3

Verb

သူ • (thoo)

1. to scull.

Shan

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *suːᴬ (“you (plural)”). Cognate with Thai สู (sǔu), Northern Thai ᩈᩪ (sǔu), Isan สู, Lao ສູ (sū), Lü ᦉᦴ (ṡuu), Tai Dam ꪎꪴ, Tai Nüa ᥔᥧᥴ (sú), Ahom 𑜏𑜥 (sū), Zhuang sou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʰuː˨˦/
• Rhymes: -uː

Pronoun

သူ • (sǔu)

1. you (plural).