တည်

• Phonetic respelling: တီ
• IPA^(key): /tì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: tany • ALA-LC: taññʻ • BGN/PCGN: ti • Okell: ti

တည် • (tany)

1. to lie in repose, be in a certain place
2. to (continue to) exist
3. to build, construct (buildings, towns)
4. to form
5. to establish, grant (money to start an undertaking)
6. to depend on
7. (of character) to be stable, be firm, be sedate, be grave
8. to place (cooking utensils etc. on a fire or stovetop for cooking)
9. to serve with
10. to snare (birds using a decoy)
11. to make pickle (of vegetables), ferment

တည် • (tany)

1. (obsolete) term for capacity measure

Borrowed from Pali tinduka (“Diospyros malabarica”), from Sanskrit तिन्दुक (tinduka, “Diospyros malabarica”).

• Phonetic respelling: တယ်
• IPA^(key): /tɛ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: tany • ALA-LC: taññʻ • BGN/PCGN: tè • Okell: te

တည် • (tany)

1. Diospyros burmanica, a species of persimmon

တည် • (tany)

1. elephant with a long single tusk

• “တည်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 456.
• “တည်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.