တူး
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Burmese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꅤ (ndu, “to dig”), Naxi ddv (“to dig”), Jingpho thu (“to dig”), Drung du (“to excavate, to dig up”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /tú/
- Romanization: MLCTS: tu: • ALA-LC: tūʺ • BGN/PCGN: tu: • Okell: tù
Verb
[edit]တူး • (tu:)
- to dig (move hard-packed earth)
References
[edit]- “တူး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.