-တို့

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Burmese

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Etymology

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Cognate with Rakhine -ရို့.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Any relation with Old Chinese (OC *tjaː, *tja, “many, each”)?”

Pronunciation

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(after /ʔ/)

  • IPA(key): /to̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tui. • ALA-LC: tuiʹ • BGN/PCGN: to. • Okell: toú

(elsewhere)

  • Phonetic respelling: ဒို့
  • IPA(key): /do̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tui. • ALA-LC: tuiʹ • BGN/PCGN: do. • Okell: t

Suffix

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-တို့ (-tui.)

  1. (literary) plural marker for nouns or pronouns

Usage notes

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Burmese is a diglossic language. This construct is used exclusively in the formal, literary (written) register. See synonyms for the informal, colloquial (spoken) equivalent form(s).

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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