Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

statue

/ˈstæt͡ʃu/ noun, verb

Forms statues statuing statued

noun A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
noun (dated) A portrait.
verb (transitive) To form a statue of; to make into a statue.

Synonyms

From Old French statue, from Latin statua, derived from statuō (“set up or erect”). Doublet of statua.

noun The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image; as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion.
noun A portrait. [Obs.] Massinger.
verb To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a statue. "The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth." Feltham.

Etymology [F., fr. L. statua (akin to stativus standing still), fr. stare, statum, to stand. See Stand.]

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “statue”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “statue” (best matches first).

पुत्तलक puttalaka or puttalikā, f. a puppet, doll, small statue, image, idol, effigy.
प्रतिच्छन्द prati-cchanda a reflected image, likeness, any image, picture, statue; a substitute.
मार्ताण्ड mārtāṇḍa a bird (Vedic); ‘the bird in the sky,’ the sun, a statue of the sun-god.
प्रतिच्छाया prati-cchāyā a reflected image, a shade, shadow; an image, statue, picture, bas-relief.
प्रतियातन prati-yātana requital, retaliation; ( ā ), f. the counterpart or resemblance of a real form, a picture, image, statue.
स्थूणा sthūṇā the post or pillar of a house; any post or pillar; an iron image, statue; an anvil; a disease (according to …
प्रतिनिधि prati-nidhi substitution; a substitute, representative, proxy, deputy, vicegerent; a surety; a resemblance of a real for…
प्रतिकृति prati-kṛti resistance, defence; retaliation, return, revenge; a reflected image, reflection, a shadow; an effigy, figur…