တို

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *dəw¹ (“short”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dəw (“short”). Cognate with Mizo [Term?] (tawi, “idem”) and perhaps Old Chinese 短 (OC *toːnʔ, “idem”); see the Chinese for more (STEDT).

• IPA^(key): /tò/
• Romanization: MLCTS: tui • ALA-LC: tui • BGN/PCGN: to • Okell: tou

တို • (tui)

1. short (in length, duration, time, stature, temper, etc.)
2. terse or curt in speech
3. stingy, mean

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