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Burmese
Etymology
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Particularly: “MED takes the word as a compound of တံ (tam, “rod”) + ခါး (hka:, “waist”), which doesn't seem quite right. First syllable's interpretation is unclear (though could be in the "rod" sense, as in "rod gate" > "barred gate"), but second syllable looks like it's from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-k(w)a-y (“mouth, door”) (STEDT: tam-khà "mouth"), whence Old Chinese 戶 (OC *ɡʷaːʔ, “door; household”).”
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Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: ဒံ'ဂါး
- IPA(key): /dəɡá/
- Romanization: MLCTS: tamhka: • ALA-LC: taṃkhāʺ • BGN/PCGN: dăga: • Okell: tăhkà
Noun
တံခါး • (tamhka:) (classifier ခု)
- gate, door, postern
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