The corpus record — Pali

su

indeclinable a part. of exclamation “shoo!”; usually repeated su su Ja.ii.250 ; Ja.vi.165 (of the hissing of a snake); Thag-a.110 (scaring somebody away), Thag-a.305 (sound of puffing). Sometimes as sū sū , e.g. Tikp.280 (of a snake), cp. sūkara ■ Denom susumāyati (q.v.). onomat.

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Where it lives

Sutta Nipata 11 · 5.46/10k
Digha Nikaya 18 · 1.25/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

1. صُ

indeclinable a part. of exclamation “shoo!”; usually repeated su su Ja.ii.250; Ja.vi.165 (of the hissing of a snake); Thag-a.110 (scaring somebody away), Thag-a.305 (sound of puffing). Sometimes as sū sū, e.g. Tikp.280 (of a snake), cp. sūkara
■ Denom susumāyati (q.v.).

onomat.

2. Sū

indeclinable an onomat. part. “shoo,” applied to hissing sounds: see su¹. Also doubled: sū sū Dhp-a.i.171 Dhp-a.iii.352. Cp. sūkara & sūsūyati.

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