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တွဲ

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /twɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: twai: • ALA-LC: tvai • BGN/PCGN: twè: • Okell: twè

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/n)waj (to hang from, cling to; creeper); cognate with Jingpho [script needed] (nói, to suspend, hang), Old Chinese (OC *djol, “to suspend, hang”) (STEDT, Hill 2019). See also တွယ် (twai, to stick to, cling), ဆွဲ (hcwai:, to hang, drag, pull), နွယ် (nwai, creeper, vine).

Verb

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တွဲ (twai:)

  1. to link, attach, associate with, pair with

Noun

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တွဲ (twai:)

  1. coach or wagon (railway)
  2. flat (boat attached to a steamer)

Adjective

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တွဲ (twai:)

  1. drooping, hanging

Classifier

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တွဲ (twai:)

  1. numerical classifier for things in pairs, bunches, or clusters

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is this related to the "link" sense of Etymology 1 somehow? Or perhaps a loanword?”)

Noun

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တွဲ (twai:)

  1. (baccarat) term for a seven

Further reading

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