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သော

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /θɔ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sau: • ALA-LC: so • BGN/PCGN: thaw: • Okell: thò

Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Unclear if mentioned by STEDT, and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Bears resemblance to Old Chinese (OC *sqʰows, “to laugh, ridicule”).”

Verb

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သော (sau:)

  1. to joke
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Pali so. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Luce 1981 appears to compare this term with Old Chinese (OC *sqʰraʔ, “place”).”

Particle

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သော (sau:)

  1. (literary) particle suffixed to a word to form an adjective
    Synonyms: (formal, literary) သည့် (sany.), (informal, colloquial) တဲ့ (tai.)
  2. sentence final marker, emphasizing a wish expressed
Usage notes
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Burmese is a diglossic language. This construct is used in the formal, literary (written) register. See synonyms for the informal, colloquial (spoken) equivalent form(s).

Derived terms
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Further reading

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Pronoun

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သော (m)

  1. Burmese script form of so, which is nominative singular of (ta, "he, it")

Adjective

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သော

  1. Burmese script form of so, which is nominative singular masculine of (ta, "that")

References

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  • Mason, Francis (1868), A Pali Grammar on the Basis of Kachchayano, with Chrestomathy and Vocabulary[1], Toungoo: Institute Press, page 49