សោ

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See also: សេះ, ស៊ី, សុំ, ស, and សោះ

Khmer[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographic and Phonemic សោ
so
WT romanisation sao
(standard) IPA(key) /sao/

Etymology 1[edit]

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[edit]

សោ • (sao)

  1. lock
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Teochew 嫂 (so2, “elder sister-in-law”).[1] Cognate with Thai ซ้อ (sɔ́ɔ).

Noun[edit]

សោ • (sao)

  1. sister-in-law (older brother's wife)

Etymology 3[edit]

Adjective[edit]

សោ • (sao) (abstract noun ភាពសោ)

  1. to be stupid, ignorant, useless

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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 [Open Access])‎[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 102

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Alternative forms
  • sa (Latin script)
  • 𑀲 (Brahmi script)
  • स (Devanagari script)
  • স (Bengali script)
  • ස (Sinhalese script)
  • သ (Burmese script)
  • ส or สะ (Thai script)
  • ᩈ (Tai Tham script)
  • ສ or ສະ (Lao script)
  • ស (Khmer script)
  • 𑄥 (Chakma script)
Alternative forms

Pronoun[edit]

សោ m

  1. Khmer script form of so, which is nominative singular of ត (ta, “he, it”)

Adjective[edit]

សោ

  1. Khmer script form of so, which is nominative singular masculine of ត (ta, “that”)
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