တၢ်

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S'gaw Karen

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Etymology

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Compare Western Pwo ဆၧ, Eastern Pwo ဆ်ု (chə), Pa'o Karen ထာꩻ, Western Kayah ꤒꤟꤢꤧ꤬ (tà̤e).

Pronunciation

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  • (Kayin State) IPA(key): /ta̤⁵²/
  • (Chiang Rai) IPA(key): /ta̤¹¹/

Noun

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တၢ် (ta̱)

  1. thing, object
  2. Used as a pre-verbal nominalizer to indicate an action.
    တၢ်မံ
    ta̱mee
    sleep
    .
  3. Used as a pre-verbal nominalizer to indicate the object of an action.
    တၢ်အီၣ်
    ta̱ʼaẁ
    food
    .
  4. Used as an expletive subject.
    တၢ်စူၤ
    ta̱soō
    It is raining.
    .
    တၢ်ကိၢ်
    ta̱koẖ
    It is hot.
    .
  5. Used as an expletive object.
    သးဝံၣ်တၢ်မုာ်
    ya thä weèta̱mụ
    I like singing.
    .

Compounds

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