-တော့
See also: တော့
Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: tau. • ALA-LC: toʹ • BGN/PCGN: taw. • Okell: tó
Etymology 1
Suffix
-တော့ • (-tau.)
- particle suffixed to verbs to indicate finality
Derived terms
- လက်စသတ်တော့ (lakca.sattau.)
- အဲသည်တော့ (ai:sanytau.)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably from the same origin as Etymology 1.”)
Suffix
-တော့ • (-tau.)
- particle suffixed to verbs as an emphasis (similar in usage to the adverb "when")
Derived terms
- ချင်တော့ (hkyangtau.)
- တန်တော့ (tantau.)
- ဖြစ်ချင်တော့ (hprachkyangtau.)
- ဘယ်တော့ (bhaitau.)
Further reading
- “-တော့” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.