ထွံၣ်
S'gaw Karen
Etymology
From Proto-Karen *thwiᴮ (“dog”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *thwi² (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-kʷəj-n (“dog”).
Cognates
- Eastern Pwo ထုဲး (thwí)
- Pa'o Karen ထွီႏ
- Western Kayah ꤓꤝꤤ꤬ (htwì)
- Western Pwo ထွံၪ
- Burmese ခွေး (hkwe:)
- Galo ikìi
- Manipuri ꯍꯨꯏ (huʼi)
- Tibetan ཁྱི (khyi)
Pronunciation
Noun
ထွံၣ် • (hṭweè) (classifier ဒု (du))