အင်္ကျီတို

Burmese

Etymology

အင်္ကျီ (angkyi, “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 the merchant trade, hence the name အင်္ကျီရှည် (angkyihrany).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အိန်းဂျီတို
• IPA^(key): /ʔéɪɴd͡ʑìtò/
• Romanization: MLCTS: angkyitui • ALA-LC: ʼaṅʻkyītui • BGN/PCGN: ein:gyito • Okell: eìñjitou

Proper noun

အင်္ကျီတို • (angkyitui)

1. (informal) Alternative form of လက်တို (laktui) or Cantonese and Toisanese

Synonyms

• လက်တို (laktui)

Further reading

• 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: