ထွီႏ

Pa'o Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *thwiᴮ (“dog”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *thwi² (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-kʷəj-n (“dog”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen ထွံၣ် (hṭweè), Western Pwo ထွံၪ, Western Kayah ꤓꤝꤤ꤬ (htwì).

Pronunciation

• (Northern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /tʰwi⁵⁵/
• (Southern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /tʰwi³³/

Noun

ထွီႏ (transliteration needed)

1. dog.