-တော့

See also: တော့

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔ̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: tau. • ALA-LC: toʹ • BGN/PCGN: taw. • Okell: tó

Etymology 1

Suffix

-တော့ • (-tau.)

1. particle suffixed to verbs to indicate finality

Derived terms

• လက်စသတ်တော့ (lakca.sattau.)
• အဲသည်တော့ (ai:sanytau.)

 

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably from the same origin as Etymology 1.”)

Suffix

-တော့ • (-tau.)

1. particle suffixed to verbs as an emphasis (similar in usage to the adverb "when")

Derived terms

• ချင်တော့ (hkyangtau.)
• တန်တော့ (tantau.)
• ဖြစ်ချင်တော့ (hprachkyangtau.)
• ဘယ်တော့ (bhaitau.)

 

Further reading

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