တောက်

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Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tauk • ALA-LC: tokʻ • BGN/PCGN: tauk • Okell: tauʔ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *duk ~ tuk (poison) (STEDT).

Verb

တောက် (tauk)

  1. to suffer from toxicity, be poisonous
  2. to be sick
Derived terms

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Feels like this could be from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/r-tuk (to cut, knock, pound), in which case, compare တောက်တောက်ကြော် (tauktaukkrau, fried minced meat).”

Verb

တောက် (tauk)

  1. to flick (counters or things)
  2. to sprinkle water with fingers
  3. (figuratively) to sound, sound out (the opinions of others)
  4. to be eaten (by moths)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Feels like this could be from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/r-tuk (to cut, knock, pound), in which case, compare တောက်တောက်ကြော် (tauktaukkrau, fried minced meat). Or maybe it's onomatopoeic.”

Verb

တောက် (tauk)

  1. (of a deer) to cry
Derived terms

Etymology 4

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Feels like this could be from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/r-tuk (to cut, knock, pound), in which case, compare တောက်တောက်ကြော် (tauktaukkrau, fried minced meat).”

Noun

တောက် (tauk)

  1. prop, buttress (same as ဒေါက် (dauk))

Etymology 5

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “A semantic extension of Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/r-tuk (to cut, knock, pound), from "cut, pound" > "cut or pound short"?”

Adjective

တောက် (tauk)

  1. short
Derived terms

Etymology 6

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *duk (to burn, kindle). Cognate with Tibetan དུགས (dugs, heat, warmth), Old Chinese (OC *tjoɡ, “candle; to shine”) (STEDT).

Verb

တောက် (tauk)

  1. to blaze, glow
  2. to glitter, sparkle, shine

Adjective

တောက် (tauk)

  1. bright, shining, glowing, sparkling
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