တၢ်

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

Compare Western Pwo ဆၧ, Eastern Pwo ဆ်ု (chə), Pa'o Karen ထာꩻ, Western Kayah ꤒꤟꤢꤧ꤬ (tà̤e).

Pronunciation

• (Kayin State) IPA^(key): /ta̤⁵²/
• (Chiang Rai) IPA^(key): /ta̤¹¹/

Noun

တၢ် • (ta̱)

1. thing, object
2. Used as a pre-verbal nominalizer to indicate an action.

   တၢ်မံ

   ta̱mee

   sleep

   .

3. Used as a pre-verbal nominalizer to indicate the object of an action.

   တၢ်အီၣ်

   ta̱ʼaẁ

   food

   .

4. Used as an expletive subject.

   တၢ်စူၤ

   ta̱soō

   It is raining.

   .

   တၢ်ကိၢ်

   ta̱koẖ

   It is hot.

   .

5. Used as an expletive object.

   ယသးဝံၣ်တၢ်မုာ်

   ya thä weèta̱mụ

   I like singing.

   .

Compounds

• တၢ်ဂ့ၢ်တၢ်ကျိၤ (ta̱ ghay̱ ta̱ kloh̄)
• တၢ်ဆီတလဲ (ta̱ hsaw ta leh)
• တၢ်ဒိးတၢ်လၣ် (ta̱ doḧ ta̱ là)
• တၢ်မၤ (ta̱ mā)
• တၢ်သဘျ့ (ta̱ tha blay)
• တၢ်အဲၣ် (ta̱ ʼeh̀)