သောက်

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /θaʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sauk • ALA-LC: sokʻ • BGN/PCGN: thauk • Okell: thauʔ

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s(y)awk (breast; to suck, drink) (STEDT). Compare Old Chinese (OC *sloːɡs, *sroːɡ, “to suck in”).

Verb

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သောက် (sauk)

  1. to drink
  2. to smoke
    ဆေးလိပ်သောက်
    hce:lipma.saukra.
    No smoking
  3. (regional, Mandalay) to eat (a noodle soup)
    မုန့်ဟင်းခါးသွားသောက်ကြစို့
    mun.hang:hka:swa:saukkra.cui.
    Let's go eat mohinga
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Euphemistic form of စောက် (cauk).

Noun

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သောက် (sauk)

  1. (euphemistic, swear word) Synonym of စောက် (cauk, female genitalia, pussy)

Etymology 3

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (sok-hruʼ "brilliant star"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Middle Chinese (MC tsyak, “to burn, scorch”) resembles the Burmese word in sound and meaning, though the Old Chinese reconstruction of (OC *pljewɢ) doesn't support a connection.”

Verb

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သောက် (sauk)

  1. to lighten up

Noun

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သောက် (sauk)

  1. rays (of light)

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Further reading

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