တောင်
Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tàʊɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: taung • ALA-LC: toṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: taung • Okell: tauñ
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Etymology 1
From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m/r-duŋ, perhaps cognate with Chinese 冢 (zhǒng).
Derived terms
- မီးတောင် (mi:taung, “volcano”)
Coordinate terms
- (compass points)
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Noun
တောင် • (taung) (classifier တောင်)
- a cubit (18 inches; 45.72 cm)
- ပိတ် နှစ်တောင် ― pit hnactaung ― two cubits of (cotton) cloth
See also
See Appendix:Burmese units of measure.
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