တောက်တဲ့

Burmese edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic. Compare Indonesian tokek, Thai ตุ๊กแก (dtúk-gɛɛ) and Vietnamese tắc kè.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /taʊʔtɛ̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tauktai. • ALA-LC: tokʻtaiʹ • BGN/PCGN: tauktè. • Okell: tauʔté

Noun edit

တောက်တဲ့ (tauktai.) (classifier ကောင်)

  1. gecko

Descendants edit

  • Shan: တွၵ်ႉတႄႉ (tâ̰uk tâ̰ae)