ထည်

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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 (thañ "respectable in appearance, be assuming; put on airs"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”

Verb

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ထည် • (htany)

  1. to be grand
  2. to be proud, be high and mighty
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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 (athaññ "cloth"). Luce gives Old Chinese 袗 (OC *kljɯnʔ, *kljɯns, “plain unlined garment”), which appears phonetically and semantically reasonable (based on the Baxter-Sagart, not the Zhengzhang, reconstruction).[1]”

Noun

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ထည် • (htany)

  1. cloth, fabric, textile
  2. material form, material, ware, article
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Classifier

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ထည် • (htany)

  1. numeral classifier for articles of clothing

References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AÑ Finals (36. Piece of cloth; Num of textiles)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 62

Further reading

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