တိုဟူး
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Burmese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hokkien 豆腐 (tāu‑hū). Doublet of တိုဖူး (tuihpu:).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /tòhú/
- Romanization: MLCTS: tuihu: • ALA-LC: tuihūʺ • BGN/PCGN: tohu: • Okell: touhù
Noun
[edit]တိုဟူး • (tuihu:)
Usage notes
[edit]တိုဟူး usually refers to chickpea tofu, a common delicacy in Burmese cuisine. ပဲပြား (pai:pra:) is used to describe tofu made from soy.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- တိုဟူးနွေး (tuihu:nwe:)
- တိုဟူးသုပ် (tuihu:sup)
- ရှမ်းတိုဟူး (hram:tuihu:)
References
[edit]- “တိုဟူး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.