စော

• IPA^(key): /sɔ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: cau: • ALA-LC: co • BGN/PCGN: saw: • Okell: sò

Inherited from Old Burmese စဝ် (saw).

စော • (cau:)

1. to be early (at a time in advance of the usual), be ahead of time, premature
2. to be eager, intent

Inherited from Old Burmese စဝ် (saw), itself probably borrowed from Shan ၸဝ်ႈ (tsāo). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

စော • (cau:)

1. illustrious, honorable, holy

စော • (cau:)

1. (archaic) lord, chief, leader, prince
2. (honorific) a title used by Burmese, Arakanese and Shan royalty

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. Related to the "eager" sense of Etymology 1?”)

စော • (cau:)

1. to contemplate, consider

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