ရူး

Pa'o Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *rowᴮ (“snake”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *ɣy¹ (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-b/m-ruːl (“snake”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen ဂုၢ် (ghu̱), Western Pwo ဂူ, Western Kayah ꤚꤟꤢꤨ (rṳ).

Pronunciation

• (Northern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /ru⁵³/
• (Southern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /ru⁵⁵/

Noun

ရူး (transliteration needed)

1. snake.