တော်
See also: တော and -တော်
Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ̀/
- Romanization: MLCTS: tau • ALA-LC: toʻ • BGN/PCGN: taw • Okell: to
Adjective
တော် • (tau)
- clever, skillful
- enough, sufficient
Synonyms
- လောက် (lauk)
Derived terms
- တော်ပြီ (tau-pri)
- စားတော်ဆက် (ca:tauhcak)
Suffix
တော် • (tau)
- denotes power, sacredness, reverence or royalty
- ဆံတော် ― hcamtau ― hair of Buddha
Derived terms
See -တော် (-tau).
Further reading
- “တော်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- “တော်” in Wörterbuch Burmesisch–Deutsch (VEB Verlag Enzykolopädie Leipzig 1976), by Annemarie Esche.
Mon
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tok̚/
Etymology 1
Cognate with Thai ตก (dtòk).
Noun
တော် (tok)
- drop
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Burmese တွက် (twak).
Verb
တော် (tok)
- to make calculation, to cast up accounts
References
- Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.