တိုး

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See also: တူ, တုံး, and တူး

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: “Not given etymology by STEDT (tûi "push, butt, shove against"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Is this part of a verb pair with ထိုး (htui:, “to poke, pierce”)? Any relation with Old Chinese 推 (OC *tʰuːl, *tʰjul, “to push, promote”)?”

Verb

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တိုး • (tui:)

  1. to push, shove, jostle
  2. to advance, go further, go forward
  3. to run across (someone or something)
  4. to increase, grow, rise
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Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (tûi-tûi "softly, not loud"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Why does this denote the opposite of Etymology 1? Despite identical pronunciation with 推 in modern Mandarin and a similar semantic disparity, Old Chinese 退 (OC *n̥ʰuːbs, “to retreat, fade”) and 褪 (OC *n̥ʰuːns, “to discolor, fade”) do not appear to be related to this "lower" sense in Burmese.”

Verb

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တိုး • (tui:)

  1. to lower, decrease (the volume of sound, etc.)

Adjective

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တိုး • (tui:)

  1. soft, faint, slight, gentle (of sound, noise, voice, etc.)
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Etymology 3

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (tûi "kind of fabulous animal"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Could it be invoking Etymologies 1 or 2?”

Noun

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တိုး • (tui:)

  1. a fabulous creature said to inhabit the Himalayan regions
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Further reading

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