တို

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *dəw¹ (“short”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dəw (“short”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tò/

Romanization: MLCTS: tui • ALA-LC: tui • BGN/PCGN: to • Okell: tou

Adjective

တို • (tui)

short (in length or duration)
terse or curt in speech

Derived terms

လှိုင်းတို (hluing:tui)

References

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

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