သူမ

Burmese

Etymology

From သူ (su, he) + -မ (-ma., feminine). Likely coined as a female third-person pronoun under influence from European languages, similar to ().

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θùma̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: suma. • ALA-LC: sūma • BGN/PCGN: thuma. • Okell: thumá

Pronoun

သူမ • (suma.)

  1. (formal, nonstandard) she

Usage notes

သူမ (suma.) is a non-standard form, and not currently recognised by the Myanmar Language Commission.

Synonyms

  • သူ (su) (colloquial; gender-neutral)
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