တိုက်

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Burmese

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FWOTD – 9 June 2016

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /taɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tuik • ALA-LC: tuikʻ • BGN/PCGN: taik • Okell: taiʔ

Etymology 1

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Unknown. Shared lexeme across several languages in mainland Southeast Asia, including Mon တိုက်, Thai ตึก (dtʉ̀k), and Lao ຕຶກ (tưk).[1]

Noun

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တိုက် • (tuik)

  1. brick building
  2. cell; chamber
  3. building or place where some specialized activity is carried out, such as business concern, depository, works, store, etc.
  4. continent
  5. (historical) administrative unit; circle within a state
  6. group of buildings belonging to a monastery or nunnery
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • → Shan: တိူၵ်ႈ (tōek, “brick building; continent”)
See also
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References

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  1. ^ Mathias Jenny (2015) “Foreign influence in the Burmese language”, in International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges

Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Mon ဗတိုက်”

Verb

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တိုက် • (tuik)

  1. to dash against; to bump against into; to crash; to collide
  2. to blow; to sail
  3. to attack; to fight
  4. to rob
  5. to incite; to set on
  6. to brush; to polish; to shine; to scrub; to scour
  7. to coincide; to synchronize; to check; to check against; to verify
  8. to rehearse
  9. to give offer or entertain (with liquid refreshments)
  10. to cart or transport (things) in vehicles
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Like most -uik finals, could this be a Mon loanword? Note similarities to Thai ตุ๊ก ๆ (dtúk-dtúk, “tuk-tuk”).”

Verb

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တိုက် • (tuik)

  1. to cart or transport (things) in vehicles
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Further reading

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  • “တိုက်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 501.
  • “တိုက်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Mon

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Pronunciation

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  • (Myanmar) IPA(key): /tak/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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Unknown. Shared lexeme across several languages in mainland Southeast Asia, including Burmese တိုက် (tuik), Thai ตึก (dtʉ̀k), and Lao ຕຶກ (tưk).[1]

Noun

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တိုက် (tiuk)

  1. building of brick, stone, or cement
  2. public building, hall, brick or stone building, any secure place, a depository

References

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  1. ^ Mathias Jenny (2015) “Foreign influence in the Burmese language”, in International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges

Etymology 2

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Adverb

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တိုက် (tiuk)

  1. by land

Noun

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တိုက် (tiuk)

  1. walking
    အဲဟွံမိက်ဍိုက်ကွဳ အဲကွာ်ကၠုၚ်တိုက်ဏောၚ်။
    ʼoa hwaṃmik ḍiuk kwī ʼoakwāk kluṅ tiuk ṇoṅ.
    I don't want to ride I will walk.

Etymology 3

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Noun

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တိုက် (tiuk)

  1. high quality of crockery, porcelain, china, chinaware

Etymology 4

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Verb

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တိုက် (tiuk)

  1. to play (musical instrument)
  2. to beat
  3. to strike (a drum or a gong)
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