သော

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See also: သော့ and Appendix:Variations of "sau"

Burmese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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 笑 (OC *sqʰows, “to laugh, ridicule”).”

Verb

သော • (sau:)

  1. to joke
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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 所 (OC *sqʰraʔ, “place”).”

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, emphasizing 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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

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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