သို့သော်

Burmese

Pronunciation
  • Phonetic respelling: +သို့+သော်
  • IPA(key): /ðo̰ðɔ̀/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sui.sau • ALA-LC: suiʹsoʻ • BGN/PCGN: dho.dhaw • Okell: thoútho

Conjunction

သို့သော် • (sui.sau)

  1. (literary) but, however[1]

Usage notes

Burmese is a diglossic language. This construct is used exclusively in the formal, literary (written) register. See synonyms for the informal, colloquial (spoken) equivalent form(s).

Synonyms
  • ဒါပေမဲ့ (dapemai.) (informal, colloquial)
  • သို့ရာတွင် (sui.ra-twang) (formal, literary)
  • သို့သော်လည်း (sui.saulany:) (formal, literary)
  • သို့ပေမည့် (sui.pemany.) (formal, literary)
  • သို့ပေမင့် (sui.pemang.) (formal, literary)

References
  1. Ōno, Tōru (2000) ビルマ(ミャンマー)語辞典 [Burmese dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Daigakushorin, →ISBN, page 725
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