လိမ့်

See also: လိမ် and လိမ်း

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lḛɪɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: lim. • ALA-LC: limʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: lein. • Okell: leíñ

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (lim¹ "roll (intransitive)").”)

Verb

လိမ့် • (lim.)

Burmese verb set
Base လိမ့် (lim.)
Causativeလှိမ့် (hlim.)
  1. to roll, writhe
  2. (figuratively) to be at a loose end
  3. to lose heavily, fail
Derived terms
  • မလိမ့်တပတ် (ma.lim.ta.pat)
  • လိမ့်လည်း (lim.lany:)
  • လူးလိမ့် (lu:lim.)
  • အိမ့်တလိမ့် (im.ta.lim.)

Etymology 2

Abbreviated form of လိမ့်မည် (lim.many, “probably”), with further analysis of the syllable unclear.

Particle

လိမ့် • (lim.)

  1. suffixed after verbs to indicate possible uncertainty: probably
Derived terms
  • လိမ့်မည် (lim.many)

Further reading

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