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Khmer
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Chinese 鎖 (OC *soːlʔ). Cognate with Burmese သော့ (sau.), Khün ᨪᩳ, Lü ᦌᦸ (soa), Shan သေႃး (sáu), Tai Nüa ᥔᥨᥝᥰ (söw), Khamti ꩬူဝ်း, Mon သအ်. Compare Thai โซ่ (sôo, “chain”), Lao ໂສ້ (sō, “chain”), Khün ᩈ᩠ᩅᩫ᩶ (“chain”).
Noun
សោ • (sao)
- lock
Derived terms
- កូនសោ (koun sao, “key”)
- ជាងសោ (ciəng sao, “locksmith”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Teochew 嫂 (so2, “elder sister-in-law”).[1] Cognate with Thai ซ้อ (sɔ́ɔ).
Noun
សោ • (sao)
- sister-in-law (older brother's wife)
Etymology 3
Adjective
សោ • (sao) (abstract noun ភាពសោ)
- to be stupid, ignorant, useless
References
- ^ Joanna Rose McFarland (2021) “Chapter 3: Language Contact and Lexical Changes in Khmer and Teochew in Cambodia and Beyond”, in Chia, Caroline, Hoogervorst, Tom, editors, Sinophone Southeast Asia: Sinitic Voices across the Southern Seas (Chinese Overseas: History, Literature, and Society; 20 ), Brill, →ISBN, page 102
Pali
Alternative scripts
- so (Latin script)
- 𑀲𑁄 (Brahmi script)
- सो (Devanagari script)
- সো (Bengali script)
- සො (Sinhalese script)
- သော or သေႃ (Burmese script)
- โส (Thai script)
- ᩈᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ໂສ (Lao script)
- 𑄥𑄮 (Chakma script)
Alternative scripts
- so (Latin script)
- 𑀲𑁄 (Brahmi script)
- सो (Devanagari script)
- সো (Bengali script)
- සො (Sinhalese script)
- သော or သေႃ (Burmese script)
- โส (Thai script)
- ᩈᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ໂສ (Lao script)
- 𑄥𑄮 (Chakma script)
Pronoun
សោ m
- Khmer script form of so, which is nominative singular of ត (ta, “he, it”)
Adjective
សោ
- Khmer script form of so, which is nominative singular masculine of ត (ta, “that”)