-တို့

See also: တို့

Burmese

Etymology

Cognate with Rakhine -ရို့.

Pronunciation

(after /ʔ/)

• IPA^(key): /to̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: tui. • ALA-LC: tuiʹ • BGN/PCGN: to. • Okell: toú

(elsewhere)

• Phonetic respelling: ဒို့
• IPA^(key): /do̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: tui. • ALA-LC: tuiʹ • BGN/PCGN: do. • Okell: toú

Suffix

-တို့ • (-tui.)

1. (literary) plural marker for nouns or pronouns

Usage notes

Burmese is a diglossic language. This construct is used exclusively in the formal, literary (written) register. See synonyms for the informal, colloquial (spoken) equivalent form(s).

Synonyms

• -များ (-mya:) (formal, literary)
• -တွေ (-twe) (informal, colloquial)

Derived terms

Burmese terms suffixed with -တို့