တော်တော်

Burmese

Etymology

Reduplication of တော် (tau, “to be suitable”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: တော်ဒေါ်
• IPA^(key): /tɔ̀dɔ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: tautau • ALA-LC: toʻtoʻ • BGN/PCGN: tawdaw • Okell: toto

Adverb

တော်တော် • (tautau)

1. moderately, only fair enough
2. quite, rather

Further reading

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