ဒီႏ

Pa'o Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *ʔdejᴮ (“egg”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *di² (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d(w)əj. Cognate with S'gaw Karen ဒံၣ် (deè), Eastern Pwo ဍီး.

Pronunciation

• (Northern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /di⁵⁵/
• (Southern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /di³³/

Noun

ဒီႏ (transliteration needed)

1. egg