တီး

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Burmese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (tī: "play (music)". Luce compares Old Chinese 笞 (OC *l̥ʰɯ, “whip, beat”) as a potential cognate,[1] though more recent reconstructions of the Old Chinese pronunciation do not support this. Seems to be onomatopoeic; compare the later Chinese word 嘀 (dī, “sound of honking”). Could they be related? This would partially depend on how early these words are attested.”

Verb

တီး • (ti:)

  1. to play (a musical instrument)
  2. to beat (a drum, a gong); to strike
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English tea.

Noun

တီး • (ti:)

  1. (slang) tea (typically in reference to milk tea)
    Synonym: လက်ဖက်ရည် (lakhpak-rany)
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-I and -E Finals (46. to Beat (drum), Sound (horn)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 12

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