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Burmese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (tâŋ "measure of capacity ( bushel )"). Luce gives Old Chinese 程 (OC *rleŋ, “measurements; limit”) as a cognate, though newer reconstructions of the Old Chinese place this in doubt.[1]”
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Noun
တင်း • (tang:)
- unit of measure for grain, i.e. a basket which holds sixten ပြည် (prany)s of grain (approximately a bushel)
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Etymology 2
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/t)aŋ (“tense, tight”); see Old Chinese 張 (OC *taŋ, *taŋs, “to stretch, string a bow”) for more (STEDT, Hill, 2019).
Verb
တင်း • (tang:)
- to make taut, be tight
- to stand firm
- to add weight or make an adjustment to balance things
- to be less in weight or value (by a sixteenth, an eighth, a quarter, etc. as indicated by the preceding denomination)
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References
- ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AṄ Finals (59. Bushel; Trough for measuring grain)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 73
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