တံတိုင်း

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Burmese

Etymology

တံ (tam, “accumulation, total”) +‎ တိုင်း (tuing:, “military division”).

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Particularly: “MED gives the semantic identity of the syllables as such. The second syllable seems fine, but the first doesn't seem all that convincing.”

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဒံ'ဒိုင်း
  • IPA(key): /dədáɪɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tamtuing: • ALA-LC: taṃtuiṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: dădaing: • Okell: tătaìñ

Noun

တံတိုင်း • (tamtuing:)

  1. wall
    တရုတ်ပြည်ရဲ့ မဟာတံတိုင်းကြီး
    ta.rutpranyrai. ma.hatamtuing:kri:
    The Great Wall of China

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Shan: တမ်ႇတိူင်း (tàm tóeng)

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