တို့

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See also: -တို့

Burmese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Burmese အတိဝ် (atiw).[1] Luce gives Old Chinese (OC *la, “I”),[2] (OC *zluː, “group; people of the same kind”)[3] as cognates. Alternatively analyzed as an apocopic form of ကျုပ်တို့ (kyuptui.), ငါတို့ (ngatui.).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဒို့
  • IPA(key): /do̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tui. • ALA-LC: tuiʹ • BGN/PCGN: do. • Okell: t

Pronoun

တို့ (tui.)

  1. we, us
  2. I, my
Synonyms

Particle

တို့ (tui.)

  1. suffixed to nouns to denote a group of persons or things
  2. particle suffixed to some verbs for emphasis or euphony

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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 (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.”

Verb

တို့ (tui.)

  1. to touch (something) lightly, dab, prod, goad (draught animals)
  2. to jot down
  3. to dip in sauce, etc.
  4. to instigate surreptitiously, incite on the sly
Derived terms

Etymology 3

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 (OC *toːʔ, “dipper, ladle”), and thus cognate with the "dip" sense in Etymology 2.”

Noun

တို့ (tui.)

  1. unit of dry measure equal to four တင်း (tang:)
    1. a large basket of such capacity

References

  1. ^ Rudolf A. Yanson (2002 January 1) A List of Old Burmese Words from 12th Century Inscriptions, Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 163–167
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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

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