-တို့

See also: တို့

Burmese

Etymology

Cognate with Rakhine -ရို့

Pronunciation

(after /ʔ/)

IPA^(key): /to̰/

Romanization: MLCTS: tui. • ALA-LC: tuiʹ • BGN/PCGN: to. • Okell: toú

(elsewhere)

Phonetic respelling: ဒို့

IPA^(key): /do̰/

Romanization: MLCTS: tui. • ALA-LC: tuiʹ • BGN/PCGN: do. • Okell: toú

Suffix

-တို့ • (-tui.)

(literary) plural marker for nouns or pronouns

Usage notes

Burmese is a diglossic language. This construct is used exclusively in the formal, literary (written) register. See synonyms for the informal, colloquial (spoken) equivalent form(s).

Synonyms

-များ (-mya:) (formal, literary)
-တွေ (-twe) (informal, colloquial)

Derived terms

Burmese terms suffixed with -တို့

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