တတ်
Burmese
editPronunciation
edit- Phonetic respellings: တတ်, ဒတ်
- IPA(key): /taʔ/, /daʔ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: tat • ALA-LC: tatʻ • BGN/PCGN: tat/dat • Okell: taʔ/taʔ
- Homophone: တပ် (tap)
Usage notes
editThe voiceless form /taʔ/ occurs after verbs ending in /ʔ/; the voiced form IPA(key): /daʔ/ after verbs ending in a vowel or /ɴ/.
Etymology 1
editVerb
editတတ် • (tat)
- to know (how to do something)
- to be able to
Usage notes
editPlaced after the verb it modifies.
Derived terms
edit(Verbs)
(Adverbs)
- တတ်တိုင်း (tattuing:)
(Nouns)
- တတ်ယောင်ကား (tatyaungka:)
See also
editEtymology 2
editParticle
editတတ် • (tat)
- verbal particle used as sentence final marker, in composition
- Synonym: တည်း (tany:)
References
edit- ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AT Finals (> 3. to Know how to)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 47
Further reading
edit- “တတ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- “တတ်, 1; တတ်, 2” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 459.