ဆု

• IPA^(key): /sʰṵ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hcu. • ALA-LC: chu • BGN/PCGN: hsu. • Okell: hsú

ဆု • (hcu.)

1. wish
2. prize, reward, award

ဆု • (hcu.)

1. a unisex given name

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

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟhooʔ ~ *ɟhəəʔ ~ *ɟheeʔ (“tree, wood”). Cognate with Semai jehu (“tree, wood”), Temiar jehuk (“tree, wood”), Khmer ឈើ (chəə, “tree, wood, timber”), Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] chīa (“tree”) possibly Mang [hɔː⁶] ("tree") and Thai เฌอ (chəə)

• (Myanmar, Thailand) IPA^(key): /cʰuʔ/

ဆု (transliteration needed)

1. tree.
2. log; wood; timber.