Burmese

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Etymology

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According to Hill (2019) (p. 64), from an older [script needed] (*tuiwḥ), and cognate with Lashi [script needed] (tha:uH); he gives no potential non-Burmish cognates. STEDT gives no etymology (thûi "thrust, stab, strike").

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tʰó/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: htui: • ALA-LC: thuiʺ • BGN/PCGN: hto: • Okell: htoù

Verb

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ထိုး (htui:)

  1. to poke, jab, stab
  2. to pierce, impale, skewer
  3. to suffer a piercing pain
  4. to cast a disapproving sidelong look
  5. to make a piercing cry; to screech
  6. to play (chess or draughts, etc.)
  7. to thrust out
  8. to be bitten (by a bug, etc.)
    1. to be eaten (by moths, worms, etc.)
  9. to pack (a pistol)
  10. to pick (teeth)
  11. to pin
  12. to plunge headlong; to turn or somersault
  13. to fill up with something, pump, inject
  14. to play a beam of light on something; to project (a slide, legend, etc.)
    1. to be lit by a beam of light
  15. to thrust, cast, tower
  16. to press and shove something across a surface (as in ironing, planing, etc.)
  17. to strike, ring (of a clock)
  18. to play (violin)
  19. to erect, put up
  20. to give a bribe
  21. to put out, extend
  22. to serve, wait on
  23. to fabricate something by intertwining things, knit, embroider, crochet, weave, braid, plait
  24. to inscribe, mark
  25. to make something which requires stirring with a spatula
  26. to till, plough
  27. to punt

Derived terms

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Further reading

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