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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 (tui "touch"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. The "dip" sense may be related to Old Chinese斗 (OC *toːʔ, “dipper, ladle”), though it is unclear whether the other senses like "touch" and "jot down" are related to this as well; MED groups them together, regardless.”
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (tuiʼ "large basket"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. May be related to Old Chinese斗 (OC *toːʔ, “dipper, ladle”), and thus cognate with the "dip" sense in Etymology 2.”
^ Rudolf A. Yanson (2002 January 1) A List of Old Burmese Words from 12th Century Inscriptions, Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 163–167
^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UIW Finals (29. We; I (resp.))”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 28
^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UIW Finals (30. Plural Suffix (nouns, pronouns))”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 28