တွတ်တီးတွတ်တာပြော
Burmese
Etymology
တွတ် (twat, “to nag”) + တီး (ti:, “to play an instrument, beat a drum”) + တွတ် (twat, “to nag”) + တာ (ta, “to prattle”) + ပြော (prau:, “to speak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʊʔtítʊʔtàpjɔ́/
- Romanization: MLCTS: twatti:twatta-prau: • ALA-LC: tvatʻtīʺtvatʻtāpro • BGN/PCGN: tutti:tutta-pyaw: • Okell: tuʔtìtuʔtapyò
Verb
တွတ်တီးတွတ်တာပြော • (twatti:twatta-prau:)
- to prattle, speak nonstop, speak baby talk or pillow talk
Further reading
- “တွတ်တီးတွတ်တာပြော” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.