တု

Burmese

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tṵ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tu. • ALA-LC: tu • BGN/PCGN: tu. • Okell: tú

Verb

တု • (tu.)

  1. to imitate
  2. to vie with

Derived terms

  • ဂြိုဟ်တု (gruihtu.)
  • ဂုဏ်တုဂုဏ်ပြိုင်လုပ် (guntu.gunpruinglup)
  • ဆံပင်တု (hcampangtu.)
  • ဆင်းတု (hcang:tu.)
  • တုပ (tu.pa.)
  • တုပြိုင် (tu.pruing)
  • ရန်တု (rantu.)
  • ရုပ်တု (ruptu.)
  • သွားတု (swa:tu.)
  • သားရေတု (sa:retu.)
  • အတု (a.tu.)
  • အန်တု (antu.)
  • အန်တုဖက်ပြိုင် (antu.hpakpruing)
  • အန်တုဗလပြု (antu.ba.la.pru.)

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-U Finals (24. to Liken; make Image; to be Like)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 32

Further reading

Mon

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *gtooʔ (“snail”). Cognate with Semai tooq (“snail”).

Pronunciation

  • (Kaw Kyaik, Myanmar) IPA(key): /taoʔ/[1]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

တု (tu)

  1. snail slug.

References

  1. ^ Shorto, H.L. (1962) “တု”, in A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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