တံတား

See also: တိုးတိုး, တတ်, တိတ်, and တုတ်

Burmese

Alternative forms

တန်တား (tanta:)

Etymology

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Particularly: “Traditionally taken, per MED, as a compound of တံ (tam) +‎ တား (ta:), with the first component တံ (tam) meaning either "rod" or "liquid, water", and the second component တား (ta:) meaning "to stop, check". However, there's a strong resemblance to the word for "ladder" in other Burmish languages, such as Pela [script needed] (tsam⁵⁵ thɔ̃⁵⁵) and Lhao Vo [script needed] (tsam³¹ thɔ̃³¹). If related, then the first syllable derives from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *m-dzam¹ (“bridge”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-dzam (“bridge, ladder”). Luce compares Old Chinese 隄 (OC *teː, *deː), a variant of 堤 (OC *teː, *teːʔ, *dje, “dike, embankment”), which perhaps corresponds to the second syllable.^[1]”

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: ဒံ'ဒါး
IPA^(key): /dədá/
Romanization: MLCTS: tamta: • ALA-LC: taṃtāʺ • BGN/PCGN: dăda: • Okell: tătà

Noun

တံတား • (tamta:)

bridge

Derived terms

References

^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-A Finals (49. Causeway; Bridge)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 3