တောက်တောက်ကြော်

Burmese

Etymology

တောက် (tauk) +‎ တောက် (tauk) +‎ ကြော် (krau, “fried”), referring to a fried ground-meat patty. MED gives the sense of တောက် (tauk) as either "to cry (of a deer)", which seems unlikely, or "to blaze, shine", which is a bit more likely; another likely option is that တောက် (tauk) refers to a sense "hit or cut by a single, light blow", which does not seem to be listed by MED, but which is listed in STEDT and linked to Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔtök (“to cut by a blow, hack away at”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/r-tuk (“to cut, knock, pound”). In this case, compare Old Chinese 觸 (OC *tʰjoɡ, “to butt, knock against”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taʊʔtaʊʔt͡ɕɔ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: tauktaukkrau • ALA-LC: tokʻtokʻkroʻ • BGN/PCGN: tauktaukkyaw • Okell: tauʔtauʔco

Noun

တောက်တောက်ကြော် • (tauktaukkrau)

1. a Sino-Burmese dish of fried minced meat or cutlet

Further reading

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