စူး

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsow-t (“to pierce, plant, erect; a thorn”). Cognate with Jingpho [script needed] (džu, “thorn; to prick with a thorn”), Old Chinese 鑽 (OC *ʔsoːn, *ʔsoːns, “to bore, perforate”) (STEDT).

• IPA^(key): /sú/
• Romanization: MLCTS: cu: • ALA-LC: cūʺ • BGN/PCGN: su: • Okell: sù

စူး • (cu:)

1. to feel a prickly sensation, be pierced, be pricked
2. (of voice) to be sharp or shrill
3. (of taste, smell, etc.) to be sharp, pungent
4. to be hard (on the eye)
5. (of light or color) to be glaring
6. to fall under (a curse, malediction)
7. to be more than what is due

စူး • (cu:)

1. a pointed instrument for piercing and making holes (such as an awl, bradawl, brace, etc.)

• “စူး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Cognates include S'gaw Karen စု (su)

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɯ˥˥]

စူး (cɯ́)

1. hand

• A. Kato (2009) “A Basic Vocabulary of Htoklibang Pwo Karen with Hpa-an, Kyonbyaw, and Proto-Pwo Karen Forms”, in Asian and African Languages and Linguistics, volume 4, page 186
• A. Kato (2019) “Pwo Karen”, in A. Vittrant & J. Watkins, editors, The Mainland Southeast Asia Linguistic Area, page 136
• Saw Mervin Myat Kyaw et. al. “စူး”, in Karen (Pwo) - Burmese - English dictionary, Phrakhanong: Karen (Pwo) Dictionary Compiling Committee, page 36