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တောက်

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /taʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tauk • ALA-LC: tokʻ • BGN/PCGN: tauk • Okell: tauʔ

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *duk ~ tuk (“poison”) (STEDT).

Verb

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တောက် • (tauk)

  1. to suffer from toxicity, be poisonous
  2. to be sick
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Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Feels like this could be from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/r-tuk (“to cut, knock, pound”), in which case, compare တောက်တောက်ကြော် (tauktaukkrau, “fried minced meat”).”

Verb

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တောက် • (tauk)

  1. to flick (counters or things)
  2. to sprinkle water with fingers
  3. (figuratively) to sound, sound out (the opinions of others)
  4. to be eaten (by moths)
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Etymology 3

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Feels like this could be from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/r-tuk (“to cut, knock, pound”), in which case, compare တောက်တောက်ကြော် (tauktaukkrau, “fried minced meat”). Or maybe it's onomatopoeic.”

Verb

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တောက် • (tauk)

  1. (of a deer) to cry
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Etymology 4

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Feels like this could be from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/r-tuk (“to cut, knock, pound”), in which case, compare တောက်တောက်ကြော် (tauktaukkrau, “fried minced meat”).”

Noun

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တောက် • (tauk)

  1. prop, buttress (same as ဒေါက် (dauk))

Etymology 5

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “A semantic extension of Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/r-tuk (“to cut, knock, pound”), from "cut, pound" > "cut or pound short"?”

Adjective

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တောက် • (tauk)

  1. short
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Etymology 6

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *duk (“to burn, kindle”). Cognate with Tibetan དུགས (dugs, “heat, warmth”), Old Chinese 燭 (OC *tjoɡ, “candle; to shine”) (STEDT).

Verb

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တောက် • (tauk)

  1. to blaze, glow
  2. to glitter, sparkle, shine

Adjective

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တောက် • (tauk)

  1. bright, shining, glowing, sparkling
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Further reading

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