အတု

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ တု (tu., “to imitate”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အ'တု
  • IPA(key): /ʔətṵ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.tu. • ALA-LC: ʼatu • BGN/PCGN: ătu. • Okell: ătú

Noun

အတု • (a.tu.)

  1. copy, imitation, counterfeit, emulation
    သကြားအတု ― sa.kra:a.tu. ― artificial sweetener (lit. imitation sugar)

Derived terms

  • အတုခိုး (a.tu.hkui:)
  • အတုမရှိ (a.tu.ma.hri.)
  • အတုယူ (a.tu.yu)
  • အတုအပ (a.tu.a.pa.)
  • အတုအယောင် (a.tu.a.yaung)

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