𑜄𑜤𑜃𑜫

Ahom

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *tonꟲ² (“trunk; tree; origin”). Cognate with Thai ต้น (dtôn), Northern Thai ᨲᩫ᩠᩶ᨶ, Khün ᨲᩫ᩠᩶ᨶ, Lao ຕົ້ນ (ton), Lü ᦎᦳᧃᧉ (ṫun²), Shan တူၼ်ႈ (tūun), Tai Nüa ᥖᥨᥢᥲ (tòn), Phake တုꩫ် (tun).

Noun

𑜄𑜤𑜃𑜫 (tun)

1. tree

   𑜄𑜤𑜃𑜫 𑜍𑜤𑜂𑜫 𑜎𑜤𑜂𑜫 𑜏𑜪 𑜆𑜀𑜫 𑜁𑜡 ॥

   tun ruṅ luṅ saṃ pak khā ॥

   At a big banyan tree with three hundred branches.