ထူ

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *tu¹ (thick; blunt), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t/d)ow-n (thick) (STEDT). Cognate with Nuosu (du, dense; thick), Lolopo tu (thick), Jingpho dau.

Adjective

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ထူ (htu)

  1. thick (relatively great in extent from one surface to another)
  2. dense
  3. stupid
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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ထူ (htu)

  1. to help a person up
  2. to erect (a post)
  3. to raise (a flag)

References

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S'gaw Karen

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Eastern Pwo ဓံင့် (thôɴ), Western Pwo ထီၫ့ (thàuɴ), Western Kayah ꤓꤢꤧ꤭ (htāe).

Noun

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ထူ (hṭoo)

  1. gold
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Etymology 2

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Cognate with Eastern Pwo ထူ့ (thɯ̂).

Noun

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ထူ (hṭoo)

  1. roll

Classifier

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ထူ (hṭoo)

  1. Classifier for rolls.

Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Verb

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ထူ (hṭoo)

  1. to kick

Shan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *tʰuːᴬ¹ (to rub; to polish) (Jonsson, 1991). Cognate with Thai ถู (tǔu), Northern Thai ᨳᩪ, Khün ᨳᩪ, Isan ถู, Lao ຖູ (thū), ᦏᦴ (ṫhuu), Tai Nüa ᥗᥧᥴ (thú), Phake ထူ (thū), Ahom 𑜌𑜥 (thū).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ထူ (thǔu) (abstract noun လွင်ႈထူ)

  1. to rub