ထုပ်

Inherited from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *tup ~ tip ~ tum (“to wrap up and tie”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tip ~ *tu(p/m) (“to wrap up”). Cognates include Mizo tuam (“to wrap”), Old Chinese 蠶 (OC *zluːm, “silkworm”) (STEDT).

Whether the "crossbeam" meaning is related is uncertain; MED appears to consider it related, while STEDT does not (htup "beam").

• IPA^(key): /tʰoʊʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: htup • ALA-LC: thupʻ • BGN/PCGN: htok • Okell: htouʔ

ထုပ် • (htup)

1. to pack, bundle, wrap (with paper, leaves, etc.)
2. (of cabbage, etc.) to develop a head of leaves

ထုပ် • (htup)

1. numerical classifier for packages and bundles

ထုပ် • (htup)

1. bundle, packet, parcel, package
2. crossbeam; tie beam (of a house)

• “ထုပ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Borrowed from Burmese ထုပ် (htup).

• IPA^(key): /tʰup/

ထုပ် (thup)

1. to wrap up, envelop

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.