စော

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Burmese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Burmese စဝ် (saw).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (cô "early; premature"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Bears resemblance to Old Chinese (OC *ʔsuːʔ, “early”), the latter which appears to be an areal word.

MED connects the "early" and "eager" senses together, which is feasible.”

Verb

စော (cau:)

  1. to be early (at a time in advance of the usual), be ahead of time, premature
  2. to be eager, intent
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Burmese စဝ် (saw), itself probably borrowed from Shan ၸဝ်ႈ (tsāo). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Adjective

စော (cau:)

  1. illustrious, honorable, holy

Noun

စော (cau:)

  1. (archaic) lord, chief, leader, prince
  2. (honorific) a title used by Burmese, Arakanese and Shan royalty

Derived terms

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. Related to the "eager" sense of Etymology 1?”)

Verb

စော (cau:)

  1. to contemplate, consider
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