Burmese

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Etymology

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Unknown. Shared lexeme across several languages in mainland Southeast Asia, including Mon ထေဲာ, Thai ไถ (tǎi).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tʰɛ̀/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: htai • ALA-LC: thayʻ • BGN/PCGN: htè • Okell: hte

Noun

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ထယ် (htai)

  1. plough

Further reading

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  1. ^ Mathias Jenny (2015) “Foreign influence in the Burmese language”, in International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges