ထွီႏ

Pa'o Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *thwiᴮ (“dog”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *thwi² (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-kʷəj-n (“dog”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen ထွံၣ် (hṭweè), Western Pwo ထွံၪ, Western Kayah ꤓꤝꤤ꤬ (htwì).

Pronunciation

  • (Northern Pa'o) IPA(key): /tʰwi⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Pa'o) IPA(key): /tʰwi³³/

Noun

ထွီႏ (transliteration needed)

  1. dog.
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