တၢ်

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

Compare Western Pwo ဆၧ, Eastern Pwo ဆ်ု (chə), Pa'o Karen ထာꩻ, Western Kayah ꤒꤟꤢꤧ꤬ (tà̤e).

Pronunciation

  • (Kayin State) IPA(key): /ta̤⁵²/
  • (Chiang Rai) IPA(key): /ta̤¹¹/

Noun

တၢ် • (ta̱)

  1. thing, object
  2. Used as a pre-verbal nominalizer to indicate an action.
    တၢ်မံta̱meesleep
  3. Used as a pre-verbal nominalizer to indicate the object of an action.
    တၢ်အီၣ်ta̱ʼaẁfood
  4. Used as an expletive subject.
    တၢ်ကိၢ်ta̱koẖIt is hot.
  5. Used as an expletive object.

Compounds