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)

1. clever, skillful
2. enough, sufficient

Synonyms

• လောက် (lauk)

Derived terms

• တော်ပြီ (tau-pri)
• စားတော်ဆက် (ca:tauhcak)

Noun

တော် • (tau)

1. loud rumbling noise (during an earthquake)

Pronoun

တော် • (tau)

1. (women's speech, familiar, informal) you (second person pronoun)

Suffix

တော် • (tau)

1. denotes power, sacredness, reverence or royalty

   ဆံတော် ― hcamtau ― hair of Buddha

Derived terms

See -တော် (-tau).

Verb

တော် • (tau)

1. to be related
2. to be suitable, to suffice
3. to be proficient at
4. to stop, halt

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)

1. drop

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Burmese တွက် (twak).

Verb

တော် (tok)

1. to make calculation, to cast up accounts

References

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.