တီး

See also: တီ

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tí/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ti: • ALA-LC: tīʺ • BGN/PCGN: ti: • Okell: tì

Etymology 1

Verb

တီး • (ti:)

1. to play (a musical instrument)
2. to beat (a drum, a gong); to strike

Etymology 2

From English tea.

Noun

တီး • (ti:)

1. (slang) tea (typically in reference to milk tea)

   Synonym: လက်ဖက်ရည် (lakhpak-rany)

Derived terms

• စီလုံတီး (cilumti:)

 

References

• “တီး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.