တို့

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Burmese အတိဝ် (atiw).[1] Luce gives Old Chinese 余 (OC *la, “I”),[2] 曹 (OC *zluː, “group; people of the same kind”)[3] as cognates. Alternatively analyzed as an apocopic form of ကျုပ်တို့ (kyuptui.), ငါတို့ (ngatui.).

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: ဒို့
  • IPA(key): /do̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tui. • ALA-LC: tuiʹ • BGN/PCGN: do. • Okell: toú

Pronoun

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တို့ • (tui.)

  1. we, us
  2. I, my
Synonyms
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Particle

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တို့ • (tui.)

  1. suffixed to nouns to denote a group of persons or things
  2. particle suffixed to some verbs for emphasis or euphony

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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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 (tui "touch"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. The "dip" sense may be related to Old Chinese 斗 (OC *toːʔ, “dipper, ladle”), though it is unclear whether the other senses like "touch" and "jot down" are related to this as well; MED groups them together, regardless.”

Verb

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တို့ • (tui.)

  1. to touch (something) lightly, dab, prod, goad (draught animals)
  2. to jot down
  3. to dip in sauce, etc.
  4. to instigate surreptitiously, incite on the sly
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Etymology 3

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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 (tuiʼ "large basket"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. May be related to Old Chinese 斗 (OC *toːʔ, “dipper, ladle”), and thus cognate with the "dip" sense in Etymology 2.”

Noun

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တို့ • (tui.)

  1. unit of dry measure equal to four တင်း (tang:)
    1. a large basket of such capacity

References

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  1. ^ Rudolf A. Yanson (2002 January 1) A List of Old Burmese Words from 12th Century Inscriptions‎[1], Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 163–167
  2. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UIW Finals (29. We; I (resp.))”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 28
  3. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UIW Finals (30. Plural Suffix (nouns, pronouns))”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 28

Further reading

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