တတ်

Burmese

Pronunciation
  • Phonetic respellings: တတ်, ဒတ်
  • IPA(key): /taʔ/, /daʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tat • ALA-LC: tatʻ • BGN/PCGN: tat/dat • Okell: taʔ/taʔ
  • Homophone: တပ် (tap)

Usage notes

The voiceless form /taʔ/ occurs after verbs ending in /ʔ/; the voiced form IPA(key): /daʔ/ after verbs ending in a vowel or /ɴ/.

Verb

တတ် • (tat)

  1. to know (how to do something)
  2. to be able to
    ဗမာစကား ပြောတတ်သလား။
    ba.maca.ka: prau:tatsa.la:||
    Can you speak Burmese?
Usage notes

Placed after the verb it modifies.

Derived terms

(Verbs)

  • တတ်စွမ်း (tatcwam:)
  • တတ်နိုင် (tatnuing)
  • တတ်မြောက် (tatmrauk)

(Adverbs)

  • တတ်တိုင်း (tattuing:)

(Nouns)

  • တတ်ယောင်ကား (tatyaungka:)
See also

Particle

တတ် • (tat)

  1. verbal particle used as sentence final marker, in composition
    Synonym: တည်း (tany:)

References
  • “တတ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • “တတ်, 1; တတ်, 2” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 459.
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