သော

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See also: သော့

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali so

Pronunciation

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

Noun

သော • (sau:)

  1. joke

Particle

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, emphasising a wish expressed

Usage notes

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).

References

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Pronoun

သော (m)

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

Adjective

သော

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

References

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