လင့်
Burmese
Etymology
From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ljaŋ (“to wait”); cognate with Lahu [Term?] (lɔ¹, “to wait”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɪ̰ɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: lang. • ALA-LC: laṅʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: lin. • Okell: líñ
Verb
လင့် • (lang.)
Noun
လင့် • (lang.)
- (same as လင့်စင် (lang.cang)) scaffold used for shooting big game; watchtower
Particle
လင့် • (lang.)
- particle suffixed to a verb and collocating with the negative particle မ (ma.) to convey an imperative sense
- particle suffixed to a verb as an emphatic
Derived terms
- ငံ့လင့် (ngam.lang.)
- စောင့်လင့် (caung.lang.)
- မျှော်လင့် (hmyaulang.)
- မျှော်လင့်ချက် (hmyaulang.hkyak)
- လင့်ကစား (lang.ka.ca:)
- လင့်စင် (lang.cang)
- လင့်စား (lang.ca:)
- လွယ်လင့်တကူ (lwailang.ta.ku)
- အခါမလင့် (a.hkama.lang.)
Further reading
- “လင့်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.