စုံထောက်

Burmese

Etymology

စုံ (cum, “pair; to be completed”) +‎ ထောက် (htauk, “to prop up, point with a stick”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: စုံဒေါက်
  • IPA(key): /sòʊɴdaʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: cumhtauk • ALA-LC: cuṃthokʻ • BGN/PCGN: sondauk • Okell: souñhtauʔ

Noun

စုံထောက် • (cumhtauk)

  1. detective

Descendants

  • → Shan: ၸုင်ႇထွၵ်ႈ (tsùng thāuk)

Further reading

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