တန်

Burmese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tàɴ/
Romanization: MLCTS: tan • ALA-LC: tanʻ • BGN/PCGN: tan • Okell: tañ

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

တန် • (tan)

to be worth.
to be worthy of; deserve.
to fit; befit.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

တန် • (tan)

to stop; cease; desist.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Mon တန် (“cheap”).

Adjective

တန် • (tan)

worthless; good for nothing.

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Classifier

တန် • (tan)

numerical classifier used in counting different legs of a journey, component parts of abstract concepts.

Etymology 5

From English ton

Noun

တန် • (tan)

ton (unit of weight).

References

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

Mon

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɔn/^[1]
Audio: (file)

Etymology 1

From Burmese တန်း (tan:)^[1]

Noun

တန် (tan)

class, standard, grade in school.^[1]
မၞးဗ္တောန်ဒၟံၚ်ပ္ဍဲတန်လဵုရော။
mnaḥ bton dmaṃṅ pḍoa tan liuwro.
Which class are you in?

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

တန် (tan)

bamboo rat^[2]

Alternative forms

တုန် (tun)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Burmese တန် (tan, “worthless”).

Verb

တန် (tan)

to be cheap.^[1]
အဲသွံဂၠဴအဲတန်တန်။^[1]
ʼoaswaʼglaoʼoa tantan.
I sold my cattle cheap.

Etymology 4

Verb

တန် (tan)

Alternative spelling of သ္တန် (“to stand”)^[3]

Etymology 5

Inherited from Old Mon တူန် (“to return”)^[4]

Alternative forms

တုန် (tun)

Verb

တန် (tan)

to recur^[2]

Preposition

တန် (tan)

Marks change of subject of discourse.^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[2], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net. (Look word up in the form တုန်.)
^ R. Halliday (1922) A Mon-English Dictionary‎^[3], Bangkok: Siam Society, page 184 & 438
^ Jenny, Mathias (2005) The verb system of Mon, University of Zurich, →DOI, →ISBN, page 189: “Another OM verb, ‹tūn› ‘return, go back’ has developed into a particle denoting emphasis or topicality in LM.”

Pa'o Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen [Term?] (“big”).

Adjective

တန် (tan)

big

[Shorto-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

[su-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[2], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net. (Look word up in the form တုန်.)

[3] R. Halliday (1922) A Mon-English Dictionary‎^[3], Bangkok: Siam Society, page 184 & 438

[mj05-4] Jenny, Mathias (2005) The verb system of Mon, University of Zurich, →DOI, →ISBN, page 189: “Another OM verb, ‹tūn› ‘return, go back’ has developed into a particle denoting emphasis or topicality in LM.”

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