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Burmese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Unknown. Shared lexeme across several languages in mainland Southeast Asia, including Mon တိုက်, Thai ตึก (dtʉ̀k), and Lao ຕຶກ (tưk).
Noun
တိုက် • (tuik)
- brick building.
- cell; chamber.
- building or place where some specialized activity is carried out, such as business concern, depository, works, store, etc.
- continent.
- (historical) administrative unit; circle within a state
- group of buildings belonging to a monastery or nunnery.
Descendants
- → Shan: တိူၵ်ႈ (tōek, “brick building; continent”)
See also
- (continents) တိုက် (tuik); အာဖရိက (ahpa.ri.ka., “Africa”), အမေရိက (a.meri.ka., “America”) (မြောက်အမေရိက (mrauk-a.meri.ka., “North America”), တောင်အမေရိက (taung-a.meri.ka., “South America”)), အန္တာတိက (antati.ka., “Antarctica”), အာရှ (ahra., “Asia”), ဥရောပ (u.rau:pa., “Europe”), အိုရှန်းနီးယား (uihran:ni:ya:, “Oceania”) (Category: my:Continents)
References
Etymology 2
Verb
တိုက် • (tuik)
- to dash against; to bump against into; to crash; to collide.
- to blow; to sail.
- to attack; to fight.
- to rob.
- to incite; to set on.
- to brush; to polish; to shine; to scrub; to scour.
- to coincide; to synchronize; to check; to check against; to verify.
- to rehearse.
- to give offer or entertain (with liquid refreshments).
- to cart or transport (things) in vehicles.
Derived terms
Further reading
Mon
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Unknown. Shared lexeme across several languages in mainland Southeast Asia, including Burmese တိုက် (tuik), Thai ตึก (dtʉ̀k), and Lao ຕຶກ (tưk).
Noun
တိုက် (tiuk)
- building of brick, stone, or cement
- public building, hall, brick or stone building, any secure place, a depository
References
Etymology 2
Adverb
တိုက် (tiuk)
- by land
Noun
တိုက် (tiuk)
- walking
အဲဟွံမိက်ဍိုက်ကွဳ အဲကွာ်ကၠုၚ်တိုက်ဏောၚ်။- ʼoa hwaṃmik ḍiuk kwī ʼoakwāk kluṅ tiuk ṇoṅ.
- I don't want to ride I will walk.
Etymology 3
Noun
တိုက် (tiuk)
- high quality of crockery, porcelain, china, chinaware
Etymology 4
Verb
တိုက် (tiuk)
- to play (musical instrument)
- to beat
- to strike (a drum or a gong)