လက်တို

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛʔtò/
• Romanization: MLCTS: laktui • ALA-LC: lakʻtui • BGN/PCGN: letto • Okell: leʔtou

Etymology 1

လက် (lak, “clothes”) +‎ တို (tui, “short”).

Noun

လက်တို • (laktui)

1. short sleeved shirt

Etymology 2

လက် (lak, “clothes”) +‎ တို (tui, “short”), from the Burmese association of Cantonese and Toisanese settlers with artisanship and manual work. Conversely, the Hokkien settlers were associated with merchant trade, hence the name လက်ရှည် (lakhrany).

Proper noun

လက်တို • (laktui)

1. Cantonese or Toisanese

Synonyms

• အင်္ကျီတို (angkyitui)

Further reading

• “လက်တို” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• 2016, Yi Li, “Governing the Chinese in multi-ethnic colonial Burma between the 1890s and 1920s”, in South East Asia Research‎^[1], volume 24, number 1, →ISSN, pages 135–154: