တဲ့

See also: တဲ

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respellings: ဒဲ့, တဲ့
  • IPA(key): /dɛ̰/, /tɛ̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tai. • ALA-LC: taiʹ • BGN/PCGN: dè./tè. • Okell: té/té

Etymology 1

Particle

တဲ့ • (tai.)

  1. (colloquial) suffixed to a word to form an adjective or adjective clause
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Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Appears to be a semantic extension of Etymology 1.”)

Particle

တဲ့ • (tai.)

  1. (colloquial) suffixed to a phrase or sentence to denote reported speech
Derived terms
  • သတဲ့ (sa.tai.)

Etymology 3

Apparently a colloquial form of တည့် (tany.).

Verb

တဲ့ • (tai.)

  1. colloquial form of တည့် (tany., “to be straight”)
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Further reading

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