ဒီ

See also: ဒ, ဒေါ်, ဒါ, and ဒူး

Burmese

Alternative forms

• သည် (sany) — literary

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-daj ~ m-di (“that; this”). Cognate with Tibetan དེ (de, “that”), འདི ('di, “this”), Chinese 是 (OC *djeʔ, “this”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: di • ALA-LC: dī • BGN/PCGN: di • Okell: di

Determiner

ဒီ • (di)

1. this

Derived terms

• ဒီမှာ (dihma, “here”)
• ဒီဟာ (diha, “this one”)
• အဲဒီ (ai:di, “that”)

See also

• ဒါ (da)

References

• “ဒီ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• “ဒီ” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.

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S'gaw Karen

Etymology

Cognate with Western Pwo ဒီၩ.

Noun

ဒီ • (daw)

1. knife.