တော်

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See also: တော and -တော်

Burmese

Pronunciation

Adjective

တော် • (tau)

  1. clever, skillful
  2. enough, sufficient

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

တော် • (tau)

  1. loud rumbling noise (during an earthquake)

Pronoun

တော် • (tau)

  1. (women's speech, familiar, informal) you (second person pronoun)

Suffix

တော် • (tau)

  1. denotes power, sacredness, reverence or royalty
    ဆံတော် ― hcamtau ― hair of Buddha

Derived terms

See -တော် (-tau).

Verb

တော် • (tau)

  1. to be related
  2. to be suitable, to suffice
  3. to be proficient at
  4. to stop, halt

Further reading

  • “တော်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • “တော်” in Wörterbuch Burmesisch–Deutsch (VEB Verlag Enzykolopädie Leipzig 1976), by Annemarie Esche.

Mon

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Cognate with Thai ตก (dtòk).

Noun

တော် (tok)

  1. drop

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Burmese တွက် (twak).

Verb

တော် (tok)

  1. to make calculation, to cast up accounts

References

  • Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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