တူး

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See also: တူ, တိုး, and တုံး

Burmese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *n-du² (“to dig”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/m-du (“to dig, hoe”). Cognate with Nuosu ꅤ (ndu, “to dig”), Naxi ddv (“to dig”), Jingpho thu (“to dig”), Drung du (“to excavate, to dig up”), and Old Chinese 突 (OC *tʰuːd, *duːd, “to break, dig through; suddenly”) (STEDT).

Verb

တူး • (tu:)

  1. to dig (move hard-packed earth)
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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 (tû "scorched, as food"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Verb

တူး • (tu:)

  1. to be burnt, scorched
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