ထူ

See also: ထူး

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰù/
• Romanization: MLCTS: htu • ALA-LC: thū • BGN/PCGN: htu • Okell: htu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *tu¹ (“thick; blunt”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t/d)ow-n (“thick”) (STEDT). Cognate with Nuosu ꄖ (du, “dense; thick”), Lolopo tu (“thick”), Jingpho dau.

Adjective

ထူ • (htu)

1. thick (relatively great in extent from one surface to another)
2. dense
3. stupid

Derived terms

• (thick): ထူထဲ (htuhtai:)

Etymology 2

Verb

ထူ • (htu)

1. to help a person up
2. to erect (a post)
3. to raise (a flag)

References

• “ထူ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 527.
• “ထူ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

Cognate with Western Pwo ထီၫ့, Western Kayah ꤓꤢꤧ꤭ (htāe).

Noun

ထူ • (hṭoo)

1. gold

Shan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *tʰuːᴬ¹ (“to rub; to polish”) (Jonsson, 1991). Cognate with Thai ถู (tǔu), Northern Thai ᨳᩪ, Khün ᨳᩪ, Isan ถู, Lao ຖູ (thū), Lü ᦏᦴ (ṫhuu), Tai Nüa ᥗᥧᥴ (thú), Phake ထူ (thū), Ahom 𑜌𑜥 (thū).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰuː˨˦/
• Rhymes: -uː

Verb

ထူ • (thǔu) (abstract noun လွင်ႈထူ)

1. to rub