တု

Burmese

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (tuʼ "try to make like; mimic; rival"), while Luce gives Old Chinese 對 (OC *tuːbs, “to correspond to”) and Tibetan དོ་ (do), དོད (dod, “equivalent”) as cognates, as well as grouping the word etymologically together with တူ (tu, “to be alike”).^[1]”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tṵ/
Romanization: MLCTS: tu. • ALA-LC: tu • BGN/PCGN: tu. • Okell: tú

Verb

တု • (tu.)

to imitate
to vie with

Derived terms

ဂြိုဟ်တု (gruihtu.)
ဂုဏ်တုဂုဏ်ပြိုင်လုပ် (guntu.gunpruinglup)
ဆံပင်တု (hcampangtu.)
ဆင်းတု (hcang:tu.)
တုပ (tu.pa.)
တုပြိုင် (tu.pruing)
ရန်တု (rantu.)
ရုပ်တု (ruptu.)
သွားတု (swa:tu.)
သားရေတု (sa:retu.)
အတု (a.tu.)
အန်တု (antu.)
အန်တုဖက်ပြိုင် (antu.hpakpruing)
အန်တုဗလပြု (antu.ba.la.pru.)

References

^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-U Finals (24. to Liken; make Image; to be Like)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 32

Mon

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *gtooʔ (“snail”). Cognate with Semai tooq (“snail”).

Pronunciation

(Kaw Kyaik, Myanmar) IPA^(key): /taoʔ/^[1]
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Noun

တု (tu)

snail slug.

References

^ Shorto, H.L. (1962) “တု”, in A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

[1] Luce, G. H. (1981) “-U Finals (24. to Liken; make Image; to be Like)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 32

[2] Shorto, H.L. (1962) “တု”, in A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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