တွင်

See also: တောင်, တၢင်း, တငါ, and တွင်း

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twɪ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: twang • ALA-LC: tvaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: twin • Okell: twiñ

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (twaŋ "call by name"), and apparently not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Verb

တွင် • (twang)

1. to be known as, be called, be named
2. to gain currency, become widely accepted
3. to make one's mark, go down in history
4. to come off well, do well, prosper, make progress, make headway

Derived terms

• ကုံတွင် (kumtwang)
• ခရီးတွင် (hka.ri:twang)
• ခေါ်တွင် (hkau-twang)
• တွင်ကျယ် (twangkyai)
• တွင်တွင် (twangtwang)
• တွင်ပယ် (twangpai)
• ရာဇဝင်တွင် (raja.wangtwang)
• လူတွင်ကျယ် (lu-twangkyai)
• အမည်တွင် (a.manytwang)
• အရာတွင် (a.ra-twang)
• အလုပ်တွင် (a.luptwang)
• အသုံးတွင် (a.sum:twang)
• ဥဒါန်းတွင် (u.dan:twang)

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (twaŋ "scoop, bore", "cupping horn or glass"), and apparently not mentioned by Luce 1981. May be related to the "lathe" sense of Etymology 2.”

Noun

တွင် • (twang)

1. cupping device made of horn

Derived terms

• တွင်ခုတ် (twanghkut)
• တွင်စုပ် (twangcup)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t/duŋ (“middle, navel”); cognate with the second syllable of Akha [script needed] (caˆ tah˯, “navel”), as well as perhaps Old Chinese 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs, “middle”) (STEDT).

Postposition

တွင် • (twang)

1. (rather literary) postpositional marker indicating place or time: in, at, among

   Synonyms: မှာ (hma), ၌ (hnai.)

Derived terms

• ယခုတွင် (ya.hku.twang)
• ရာတွင် (ra-twang)
• သို့ရာတွင် (sui.ra-twang)

Etymology 4

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Apparently not mentioned by STEDT, while Luce adduces no cognates.[1] May be linked to the "cupping device" sense of Etymology 2, as both "bore" through things.”

Noun

တွင် • (twang)

1. lathe

Derived terms

• တွင်ခံ (twanghkam)
• တွင်ခုံ (twanghkum)
• တွင်ခုတ် (twanghkut)

References

1. Luce, G. H. (1981) “147. to Scoop out on lathe; to scoop out)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 78

Further reading

• “တွင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Shan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *tɔːŋᴬ² (“banana leaf”), from Proto-Tai *k.toːŋᴬ (“big leaf for wrapping”). Cognate with Thai ตอง (dtɔɔng), Northern Thai ᨲᩬᨦ, Lao ຕອງ (tǭng), Tai Nüa ᥖᥩᥒ (toang), Phake တွင် (toṅ), Ahom 𑜄𑜨𑜂𑜫 (toṅ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔŋ˨˦/
• Rhymes: -ɔŋ

Noun

တွင် • (tǎung)

1. big leaf, especially banana leaf.