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Burmese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/n)waj (“to hang from, cling to; creeper”); cognate with Jingpho (nói, “to suspend, hang”), Old Chinese 垂 (OC *djol, “to suspend, hang”) (STEDT, Hill 2019). See also တွယ် (twai, “to stick to, cling”), ဆွဲ (hcwai:, “to hang, drag, pull”), နွယ် (nwai, “creeper, vine”).
Verb
တွဲ • (twai:)
- to link, attach, associate with, pair with
Noun
တွဲ • (twai:)
- coach or wagon (railway)
- flat (boat attached to a steamer)
Adjective
တွဲ • (twai:)
- drooping, hanging
Classifier
တွဲ • (twai:)
- numerical classifier for things in pairs, bunches, or clusters
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is this related to the "link" sense of Etymology 1 somehow? Or perhaps a loanword?”)
Noun
တွဲ • (twai:)
- (baccarat) term for a seven
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