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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (thoŋ "prison, jail"), nor by Luce.[1]”)
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (htɔŋ lok "upright"), nor by Luce.[2] Could this be related to Old Chinese正 (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs, “straight, right”)?”
^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-OṄ Finals (> 41. Prison)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 86
^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-OṄ Finals (> 42. to Erect; Prick up the ears; to Listen, Obey)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 86