ဒူး

See also: ဒေါ်, ဒါ, ဒီ, and ဒ

Burmese

ဒူး

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *du-k (“elbow, knee”); cognate with Galo [Term?] (a du, “forearm span”), Akha [script needed] (kuiˇ du, “lower leg from knee down”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dú/
• Romanization: MLCTS: du: • ALA-LC: dūʺ • BGN/PCGN: du: • Okell: dù

Noun

ဒူး • (du:)

1. knee

Derived terms

• ဒူးခေါင်း (du:hkaung:, “kneecap”)
• ဒူးထောက် (du:htauk, “kneel”)

 

Further reading

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