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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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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