တယ်

Burmese

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• သ (sa.) (used before other particles)
• သည် (sany) (literary)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respellings: တယ်, ဒယ်
• IPA^(key): /tɛ̀/, /dɛ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: tai • ALA-LC: tayʻ • BGN/PCGN: tè/dè • Okell: te/te

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Particle

တယ် • (tai)

1. (colloquial) marks a realis verb in the present or past tense

   ဒီနေ့ ကျွန်တော် လာပါတယ်။

   dine. kywantau lapatai||

   I came today.

Usage notes

The voiceless variant /tɛ̀/ occurs after /ʔ/; the voiced variant /dɛ̀/ after a vowel or /ɴ/.

Synonyms

• သည် (sany) (formal, literary)
• ၏ (e) (formal, literary)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *taj (“big”). Cognate with Chinese 大 (“great, big”). Compare with Korean 대 (dae, “big”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: tai • ALA-LC: tayʻ • BGN/PCGN: tè • Okell: te

Adverb

တယ် • (tai)

1. (literary) very

Synonyms

• သိပ် (sip)
• အရမ်း (a.ram:)
• အလွန် (a.lwan)