တွင်

See also: တောင်, တၢင်း, တငါ, and တွင်း

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /twɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: twang • ALA-LC: tvaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: twin • Okell: twiñ

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (twaŋ "call by name"), and apparently not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Verb

တွင် • (twang)

  1. to be known as, be called, be named
  2. to gain currency, become widely accepted
  3. to make one's mark, go down in history
  4. to come off well, do well, prosper, make progress, make headway
Derived terms
  • ကုံတွင် (kumtwang)
  • ခရီးတွင် (hka.ri:twang)
  • ခေါ်တွင် (hkau-twang)
  • တွင်ကျယ် (twangkyai)
  • တွင်တွင် (twangtwang)
  • တွင်ပယ် (twangpai)
  • ရာဇဝင်တွင် (raja.wangtwang)
  • လူတွင်ကျယ် (lu-twangkyai)
  • အမည်တွင် (a.manytwang)
  • အရာတွင် (a.ra-twang)
  • အလုပ်တွင် (a.luptwang)
  • အသုံးတွင် (a.sum:twang)
  • ဥဒါန်းတွင် (u.dan:twang)

Etymology 2

Noun

တွင် • (twang)

  1. cupping device made of horn
Derived terms
  • တွင်ခုတ် (twanghkut)
  • တွင်စုပ် (twangcup)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t/duŋ (“middle, navel”); cognate with the second syllable of Akha [script needed] (caˆ tah˯, “navel”), as well as perhaps Old Chinese 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs, “middle”) (STEDT).

Postposition

တွင် • (twang)

  1. (rather literary) postpositional marker indicating place or time: in, at, among
    Synonyms: မှာ (hma), ၌ (hnai.)
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Noun

တွင် • (twang)

  1. lathe
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “147. to Scoop out on lathe; to scoop out)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 78

Further reading

Shan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *tɔːŋᴬ² (“banana leaf”), from Proto-Tai *k.toːŋᴬ (“big leaf for wrapping”). Cognate with Thai ตอง (dtɔɔng), Northern Thai ᨲᩬᨦ, Lao ຕອງ (tǭng), Tai Nüa ᥖᥩᥒ (toang), Phake တွင် (toṅ), Ahom 𑜄𑜨𑜂𑜫 (toṅ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔŋ˨˦/
  • Rhymes: -ɔŋ

Noun

တွင် • (tǎung)

  1. big leaf, especially banana leaf.
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