တောင်သူ

Burmese

Etymology

တောင် (taung) +‎ သူ (su)

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: တောင်+သူ
  • IPA(key): /tàʊɴðù/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: taungsu • ALA-LC: toṅʻsū • BGN/PCGN: taungdhu • Okell: tauñthu

Noun

တောင်သူ • (taungsu)

  1. cultivators of crops other than rice

Proper noun

တောင်သူ • (taungsu)

  1. Pa-O, an ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma)

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → English: Taungthu
  • → Shan: တွင်ႇသူႇ (tàung sùu)
  • → Lao: ຕອງສູ້ (tǭng sū)
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