တောက်တဲ့

Burmese

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Indonesian tokek, Thai ตุ๊กแก (dtúk-gɛɛ) and Vietnamese tắc kè.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /taʊʔtɛ̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tauktai. • ALA-LC: tokʻtaiʹ • BGN/PCGN: tauktè. • Okell: tauʔté

Noun

တောက်တဲ့ • (tauktai.) (classifier ကောင်)

  1. gecko

Descendants
  • → Shan: တွၵ်ႉတႄႉ (tâ̰uk tâ̰ae)
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