dao:

Lhao Vo

Etymology

Cognate with Burmese အတင်း (a.tang:, “tidings, talk”) and Burmese သတင်း (sa.tang:, “news”).

Noun

dao:

1. words; speech.
2. statement.

References

• Dr. Ola Hanson, A Dictionary of the Kachin Language (1906).