တူး

See also: တူ, တိုး, and တုံး

Burmese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *n-du² (“to dig”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/m-du (“to dig, hoe”). Cognate with Nuosu ꅤ (ndu, “to dig”), Naxi ddv (“to dig”), Jingpho thu (“to dig”), Drung du (“to excavate, to dig up”), and Old Chinese 突 (OC *tʰuːd, *duːd, “to break, dig through; suddenly”) (STEDT).

Verb

တူး • (tu:)

1. to dig (move hard-packed earth)

Derived terms

• တူးဖော် (tu:hpau)
• တူးမြောင်း (tu:mraung:)
• တူးရွင်း (tu:rwang:)
• ပြူးတူးကြောင်တောင် (pru:tu:kraungtaung)
• ပြူးတူးပြဲတဲဖြစ် (pru:tu:prai:tai:hprac)
• ပေါက်တူး (pauktu:)
• မြောင်းတူး (mraung:tu:)
• သိုက်တူး (suiktu:)
• အိပ်ချင်မူးတူး (iphkyangmu:tu:)

 

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (tû "scorched, as food"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Verb

တူး • (tu:)

1. to be burnt, scorched

Derived terms

• ချဉ်ချဉ်တူးတူး (hkyanyhkyanytu:tu:)
• ချာတူးလံ (hkyatu:lam)
• တူးချစ် (tu:hkyac)
• တူးတူးခါးခါး (tu:tu:hka:hka:)

 

Further reading

• “တူး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.