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တပ်

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Aiton

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Etymology

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From Proto-Southwestern Tai *tapᴰ (liver), from Proto-Tai *tapᴰ (liver). Cognate with Thai ตับ (dtàp), Northern Thai ᨲᩢ᩠ᨷ, Lao ຕັບ (tap), ᦶᦎᧇ (ṫaeb) or ᦎᧇ (ṫab), Shan တပ်း (táp), Zhuang daep, Saek ตั๊บ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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တ︀ပ︀် (tap)

  1. liver.

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Same as Etymology 2 (Mon loan)? Not given etymology by STEDT (tap "put in, fix in"). Luce (1981) adduces Old Chinese (OC *tuːb, *tʰoːb, “to pile up, attach”) as a cognate.”

Verb

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တပ် (tap)

  1. to fix, attach
  2. to crave for
  3. to impose
  4. to affix
  5. (same as တပ်စွန်း (tapcwan:), of cloth) to be dyed or smeared with color
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Mon ဒပ်. Compare Thai ทัพ (táp, troops), borrowed from a Khmer cognate of the Mon. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is this for the "attach" sense, the "military" sense, or both?”)

Noun

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တပ် (tap)

  1. stockade, fortification, enclosure
  2. armed forces, troops, military, military unit, group of people assembled for collective action
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Rawang: dap
  • Shan: တပ်ႉ (tâ̰p)

Further reading

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