ထူ

• IPA^(key): /tʰù/
• Romanization: MLCTS: htu • ALA-LC: thū • BGN/PCGN: htu • Okell: htu

Compare Old Chinese 樹 (OC *djoʔ, *djos, “to plant; tree”).

ထူ • (htu)

1. to help a person up
2. to erect (a post)
3. to raise (a flag)

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *tu¹ (“thick; blunt”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t/d)ow-n (“thick”). Cognate with Nuosu ꄖ (du, “dense; thick”), Lolopo tu (“thick”), Jingpho dau (STEDT).

ထူ • (htu)

1. thick (relatively great in extent from one surface to another)
2. dense
3. dull, stupid

• “ထူ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 527.
• “ထူ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Cognate with Eastern Pwo ဓံင့် (thôɴ), Western Pwo ထီၫ့ (thàuɴ), Western Kayah ꤓꤢꤧ꤭ (htāe).

ထူ • (hṭoo)

1. gold

• စ့ (say, “silver”)
• တိၢ် (toẖ, “copper, coin”)

Cognate with Eastern Pwo ထူ့ (thɯ̂).

ထူ • (hṭoo)

1. roll

ထူ • (hṭoo)

1. Classifier for rolls.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

ထူ • (hṭoo)

1. to kick

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *tʰuːᴬ¹ (“to rub; to polish”) (Jonsson, 1991). Cognate with Thai ถู (tǔu), Northern Thai ᨳᩪ, Khün ᨳᩪ, Isan ถู, Lao ຖູ (thū), Lü ᦏᦴ (ṫhuu), Tai Nüa ᥗᥧᥴ (thú), Phake ထူ (thū), Ahom 𑜌𑜥 (thū).

• IPA^(key): /tʰuː˨˦/
• Rhymes: -uː

ထူ • (thǔu) (abstract noun လွင်ႈထူ)

1. to rub