From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *su ~ s-lu (“who; indefinite pronoun; remote third-person pronoun”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan སུ (su, “who”), as well as လူ (lu, “person”).
သူ • (su)
သူ • (su)
သူ • (su)
| Burmese | Person | Level of speech |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| ငါ (nga) | First | Informal | used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors |
| ကျွန်တော် (kywantau) | First | Formal | used by males |
| ကျွန်မ (kywanma.) | First | Formal | used by females |
| ကျွန်ုပ် | First | Informal | |
| ကျုပ် (kyup) | First | Informal | |
| နင် (nang) | Second | Informal | used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors |
| မင်း (mang:) | Second | Informal | used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors |
| ညည်း (nyany:) | Second | Informal | used by females when addressing another female of same age or one younger |
| တော် (tau) | Second | Informal | used by females |
| ခင်ဗျား (hkangbya:) | Second | Formal | used by males |
| ရှင် (hrang) | Second | Formal | used by females |
| သင် (sang), အသင် (a.sang) | Second | Formal | |
| သူ (su) | Third | ||
| သင်း (sang:) | Third | ||
| ချင်း (hkyang:) | Third |
| < ၅ | ၆ | ၇ > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : သူ | ||
From Proto-Karen *khrowᴬ (“six”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *xy⁴ (“idem”) (Burling, 1969). Cognate with S'gaw Karen ဃု (xu).
သူ (transliteration needed)
Compare Eastern Pwo သိုင့် (θə̂ɴ), Western Pwo ၥၧၫ့.
သူ • (thoo)
Cognate with Eastern Pwo သူ့ (θɯ̂).
သူ • (thoo)
သူ • (thoo)
သူ • (thoo)
From Proto-Southwestern Tai *suːᴬ (“you (plural)”). Cognate with Thai สู (sǔu), Northern Thai ᩈᩪ (sǔu), Isan สู, Lao ສູ (sū), Lü ᦉᦴ (ṡuu), Tai Dam ꪎꪴ, Tai Nüa ᥔᥧᥴ (sú), Ahom 𑜏𑜥 (sū), Zhuang sou.
သူ • (sǔu)