ထား

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ta-t (“to put, to place”). Cognate with Tibetan སྟད (stad, “to put on, to lay on”), སྟ་གོན (sta gon, “preparation, arrangement”), Chinese 著 (zhuó, “to touch”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰá/

Romanization: MLCTS: hta: • ALA-LC: thāʺ • BGN/PCGN: hta: • Okell: htà

Verb

ထား • (hta:)

to put (place something somewhere)

References

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

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