အတော်

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ တော် (tau, “to be suitable, good at”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'တော်
• IPA^(key): /ʔətɔ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.tau • ALA-LC: ʼatoʻ • BGN/PCGN: ătaw • Okell: ăto

Noun

အတော် • (a.tau)

1. something right, something fitting (of size, amount, time, etc.)

Adverb

အတော် • (a.tau)

1. quite

Derived terms

• အတော်အတန် (a.taua.tan)

Further reading

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