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ရူး

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Burmese

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Etymology

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According to Hill (2019), related to Tibetan འཁྲུལ ('khrul, frenzy, deception).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ရူး (ru:)

  1. mad, insane

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Pa'o Karen

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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ရူး (transliteration needed)

  1. snake