ထည်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ထည်3
• IPA^(key): /tʰɛ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: htany • ALA-LC: thaññʻ • BGN/PCGN: htè • Okell: hte
• Homophone: ထယ် (htai)

Noun

ထည် • (htany)

1. cloth, fabric

Classifier

ထည် • (htany)

1. numeral classifier for articles of clothing

Verb

ထည် • (htany)

1. to be grand
2. to be proud, to be high and mighty

References

• “ထည်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• “ထည်” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.