ထဲ

Burmese

Etymology

Cognate with Rakhine ထဲ.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respellings: ထဲ, ဒဲ
• IPA^(key): /tʰɛ́/, /dɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: htai: • ALA-LC: thai • BGN/PCGN: htè:/dè: • Okell: htè/htè

Postposition

ထဲ • (htai:)

1. postpositional marker suffixed to a noun to indicate location (equivalent in usage to prepositions 'inside', 'in')

References

• “ထဲ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Khamti

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *crwajᴬ (“plough”). Cognate with Thai ไถ (tǎi), Lao ໄຖ (thai), Northern Thai ᨳᩱ, Khün ᨳᩱ, Lü ᦺᦏ (ṫhay), Shan ထႆ (thǎi), Ahom 𑜌𑜩 (thay), Zhuang cae, Saek ไถ่.

Noun

ထ︀ဲ (transliteration needed)

1. plough.

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ထွေ (htwe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰoa/

Verb

ထဲ (thai)

1. to throw, skim

References

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Rakhine

Etymology

Cognate with Burmese ထဲ (htai:).

Postposition

ထဲ (transliteration needed)

1. postpositional marker suffixed to a noun to indicate location (equivalent in usage to prepositions 'inside', 'in')

S'gaw Karen

Adverb

ထဲ • (hṭeh)

1. only