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တည်

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See also: တည်း and တည့်

Burmese

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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: “Diverse range of meanings, all grouped together by STEDT. This appears semantically feasible; for a semantic parallel, note how English city derives from a root meaning "to lie in repose, settle". Not given etymology by STEDT (tañ "place in a position, build"), while Luce compares Old Chinese 定 (OC *teːŋs, *deːŋs, “to settle, establish”) as a cognate.[1]”

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: တီ
  • IPA(key): /tì/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tany • ALA-LC: taññʻ • BGN/PCGN: ti • Okell: ti

Verb

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တည် • (tany)

  1. to lie in repose, be in a certain place
  2. to (continue to) exist
  3. to build, construct (buildings, towns)
  4. to form
  5. to establish, grant (money to start an undertaking)
  6. to depend on
  7. (of character) to be stable, be firm, be sedate, be grave
  8. to place (cooking utensils etc. on a fire or stovetop for cooking)
  9. to serve with
  10. to snare (birds using a decoy)
  11. to make pickle (of vegetables), ferment

Noun

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တည် • (tany)

  1. (obsolete) term for capacity measure

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Pali tinduka (“Diospyros malabarica”), from Sanskrit तिन्दुक (tinduka, “Diospyros malabarica”).

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: တယ်
  • IPA(key): /tɛ̀/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tany • ALA-LC: taññʻ • BGN/PCGN: tè • Okell: te

Noun

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တည် • (tany)

  1. Diospyros burmanica, a species of persimmon
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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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 (tañ "elephant born with only one tusk"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Considering the very specific semantics, is this a semantic extension of the "lie, form" sense of Etymology 1?”

Noun

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တည် • (tany)

  1. elephant with a long single tusk

References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AÑ Finals (31. to Set in place, Establish; to Stand, Last)”, 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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