တောက်တဲ့

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Burmese

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic. Compare Indonesian tokek, Thai ตุ๊กแก (dtúk-gɛɛ) and Vietnamese tắc kè.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /taʊʔtɛ̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tauktai. • ALA-LC: tokʻtaiʹ • BGN/PCGN: tauktè. • Okell: tauʔté

Noun

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တောက်တဲ့ (tauktai.) (classifier ကောင်)

  1. gecko

Descendants

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  • Shan: တွၵ်ႉတႄႉ (tâ̰uk tâ̰ae)