Where does “တွတ်တီးတွတ်တာပြော” come from?
တွတ်တီးတွတ်တာပြော (Burmese) comes from Burmese တီး, from English TEA, from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih, from Proto-Malayic putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq — white.
တွတ်တီးတွတ်တာပြော (Burmese): to prattle, speak nonstop, speak baby talk or pillow talk
Definitions
- to prattle, speak nonstop, speak baby talk or pillow talk
Ancestry of “တွတ်တီးတွတ်တာပြော”, step by step
တွတ်တီးတွတ်တာပြော traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese တီး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | တီး | to play (a musical instrument) |
| 2 | English | TEA | Training and employment agency; Acronym of... |
| 3 | Dutch | thee | tea |
| 4 | Malay | teh | tea |
| 5 | Malay | putih | white |
| 6 | Classical Malay | putih | white |
| 7 | Proto-Malayic | putih | white |
| 8 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)putiq | white |
via Burmese တာ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | တာ | to measure |
| 2 | Burmese | အတာ | period or season of Thingyan, the Burmese New Year |
| 3 | Pali | anta | end; goal; top |
| 4 | Sanskrit | अन्त | near; last; handsome, lovely |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ént- | end, limit, forehead |
via Burmese ပြော
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ပြော | to speak, say, utter, narrate, tell, relate |