တတ်
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Burmese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Phonetic respellings: တတ်, ဒတ်
- IPA(key): /taʔ/, /daʔ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: tat • ALA-LC: tatʻ • BGN/PCGN: tat/dat • Okell: taʔ/taʔ
- Homophone: တပ် (tap)
Usage notes[edit]
The voiceless form /taʔ/ occurs after verbs ending in /ʔ/; the voiced form IPA(key): /daʔ/ after verbs ending in a vowel or /ɴ/.
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
တတ် • (tat)
- to know (how to do something)
- to be able to
Usage notes[edit]
Placed after the verb it modifies.
Derived terms[edit]
(Verbs)
(Adverbs)
- တတ်တိုင်း (tattuing:)
(Nouns)
- တတ်ယောင်ကား (tatyaungka:)
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Particle[edit]
တတ် • (tat)
- verbal particle used as sentence final marker, in composition
- Synonym: တည်း (tany:)
References[edit]
- “တတ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- “တတ်, 1; တတ်, 2” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 459.