-တွေ
See also: တွေး and တွေ့
Burmese
Pronunciation
(colloquial)
- Phonetic respellings: ဒေ, တေ
- IPA(key): /dè/, /tè/
- Romanization: MLCTS: twe • ALA-LC: tve • BGN/PCGN: de/te • Okell: tei/tei
(careful)
- Phonetic respellings: ဒွေ, တွေ
- IPA(key): /dwè/, /twè/
- Romanization: MLCTS: twe • ALA-LC: tve • BGN/PCGN: dwe/twe • Okell: twei/twei
Usage notes
The voiced variant /d(w)è/ occurs after vowels and /ɴ/; the voiceless variant /t(w)è/ after /ʔ/.
Suffix
-တွေ • (-twe)
- (colloquial) indicates a plural (with a count noun)
- lots of (with a mass noun)
Synonyms
- -များ (-mya:) (formal, literary)
- -တို့ (-tui.) (formal, literary)
References
- “-တွေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- “-တွေ” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.