တု

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Burmese

Etymology

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Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (tuʼ "try to make like; mimic; rival"), while Luce gives Old Chinese 對 (OC *tuːbs, “to correspond to”) and Tibetan དོ་ (do), དོད (dod, “equivalent”) as cognates, as well as grouping the word etymologically together with တူ (tu, “to be alike”).[1]”

Pronunciation

Verb

တု • (tu.)

  1. to imitate
  2. to vie with

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-U Finals (24. to Liken; make Image; to be Like)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 32

Further reading

Mon

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *gtooʔ (“snail”). Cognate with Semai tooq (“snail”).

Pronunciation

  • (Kaw Kyaik, Myanmar) IPA(key): /taoʔ/[1]
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Noun

တု (tu)

  1. snail slug.

References

  1. ^ Shorto, H.L. (1962) “တု”, in A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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