ရွတ်

• IPA^(key): /jʊʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: rwat • ALA-LC: rvatʻ • BGN/PCGN: yut • Okell: yuʔ

ရွတ် • (rwat)

1. to recite

The "tough" sense is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rwat (“stiff, tough”), and cognate with Tibetan རོད་པ (rod pa, “stiff, unable to help one's self”) (STEDT). STEDT additionally appears to compare Old Chinese 類 (OC *ruːls, *ruds, “kind, type”), though the Chinese appears to trace back to a different root.

The "cussed" and "twilled fabric" senses are connected to the "tough" sense by MED, which appears reasonable (tough personality > cussed, tough weave > twilled fabric).

ရွတ် • (rwat)

1. to be cussed, do a wrong thing willfully

ရွတ် • (rwat)

1. tough, sinewy, stringy

ရွတ် • (rwat)

1. twilled warp threads
2. fabric of twill weave
3. tourniquet-like contrivance (used to tighten a line or binding)

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