ဟုတ်

Inherited from Old Burmese ဟုတ်တာ (“amen, truth, indeed”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *srit, *srut (“to be, exist”); cognate with ရှိ (hri., “to be, to exist”), Old Chinese 體 (OC *r̥ʰiːʔ, “body”) (STEDT).

• IPA^(key): /hoʊʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hut • ALA-LC: hutʻ • BGN/PCGN: hok • Okell: houʔ
• Homophone: ဟုပ် (hup)

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The combination မဟုတ် (ma.hut, “is not the case”) may be colloquially pronounced /m̥oʊʔ/.

ဟုတ် • (hut)

1. to be true, to be the case, to be so, to be a fact

   မဟုတ်ပါဘူး

   ma.hutpabhu:

   That is not so; No (negation)

2. to succeed, to be successful, to be accomplished

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

• IPA^(key): /hŭː/

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ဟုတ် (hut)

1. to deteriorate decay dwindle to diminish to become less to decay.

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   အခါဂှ်သာသနာဟုတ်အာ။

   ʼakhāgh sāsanā hutʼā.

   At that time the religion was decayed.