ထွေး

Burmese edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /tʰwé/
Romanization: MLCTS: htwe: • ALA-LC: thveʺ • BGN/PCGN: htwe: • Okell: htweì

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Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old Burmese ထုယ် (htuy). Compare Thai ถุย (tǔi).

Verb edit

ထွေး • (htwe:)

to spit (to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth)

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *(t/d)oy (“younger sibling”).

Noun edit

ထွေး • (htwe:)

youngest sibling

Descendants edit

→ Shan: ထူၺ်း (thói)

References edit

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

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