တူး

• IPA^(key): /tú/
• Romanization: MLCTS: tu: • ALA-LC: tūʺ • BGN/PCGN: tu: • Okell: tù

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *n-du² (“to dig”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/m-du (“to dig, hoe”). Cognate with Nuosu ꅤ (ndu, “to dig”), Naxi ddv (“to dig”), Jingpho thu (“to dig”), Drung du (“to excavate, to dig up”), and Old Chinese 突 (OC *tʰuːd, *duːd, “to break, dig through; suddenly”) (STEDT).

တူး • (tu:)

1. to dig (move hard-packed earth)

တူး • (tu:)

1. to be burnt, scorched

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