ထု

• IPA^(key): /tʰṵ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: htu. • ALA-LC: thu • BGN/PCGN: htu. • Okell: htú

ထု • (htu.)

1. to hammer, thump, beat, strike, hit
2. to carve, sculpture
3. (figuratively, slang) to attack by speech or writing

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t/d)ow-n (“thick”). Compare Akha [script needed] (thú, “thick”), Old Chinese 敦 (OC *tuːl, *doːn, *tuːn, *tuːns, “solid, thick”) (STEDT).

ထု • (htu.)

1. (also ဒု (du.)) thickness
2. mass

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

ထု (thu)

1. to tap to beat.

• IPA^(key): /tʰṵ/

ထု • (hṭu)^[1]

1. a snare, a trap; a device made for catching an animal.