သူ

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *su ~ s-lu (“who; indefinite pronoun; remote third-person pronoun”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan སུ (su, “who”), as well as လူ (lu, “person”).

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

သူ • (su)

1. one who does something

သူ • (su)

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

• (she): သူမ (suma.) (formal)

သူ • (su)

1. word used to designate the nature of a female's status, locality

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

From Proto-Karen *khrowᴬ (“six”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *xy⁴ (“idem”) (Burling, 1969). Cognate with S'gaw Karen ဃု (xu).

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

သူ (transliteration needed)

1. six

Compare Eastern Pwo သိုင့် (θə̂ɴ), Western Pwo ၥၧၫ့.

သူ • (thoo)

1. (stative) to be black

Cognate with Eastern Pwo သူ့ (θɯ̂).

သူ • (thoo)

1. (stative) to be dry
2. With the impersonal subject တၢ် (ta̱): thirsty

   တၢ်သူယသးလၢထံ

   ta̱thooya thä luh hṭee

   I am thirsty.

   .

သူ • (thoo)

1. to use
2. to spend

သူ • (thoo)

1. to scull

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.

• IPA^(key): /sʰuː˨˦/
• Rhymes: -uː

သူ • (sǔu)

1. you (plural).