ထောင်

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See also: ထောင့်, ထင်, ထိုင်, and ထိုင်း

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tʰàʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: htaung • ALA-LC: thoṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: htaung • Okell: htauñ

Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (thoŋ "prison, jail"), nor by Luce.[1] MED considers it equivalent with the "stand" sense, perhaps as "stand, set up" > "a set-up area or trap" > "a prison".”

Noun

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ထောင် • (htaung)

  1. prison, jail
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • → Shan: ထွင်ႇ (thàung)
  • → Mon: ထံၚ်

Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (htɔŋ lok "upright"), nor by Luce.[2] Could this be related to Old Chinese 正 (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs, “straight, right”)?”

Verb

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ထောင် • (htaung)

  1. to stand
  2. to set up (a business, etc.)
  3. to set a trap or snare; to trap, frame (a person, etc.)
  4. (figuratively) to be arrogant, proud
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Etymology 3

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-toŋ (“thousand”).

Numeral

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ထောင် • (htaung) (digit ၁၀၀၀)

  1. thousand
    Synonym: တစ်ထောင် (tachtaung)
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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-OṄ Finals (> 41. Prison)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 86
  2. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-OṄ Finals (> 42. to Erect; Prick up the ears; to Listen, Obey)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 86

Further reading

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