လီၤ

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen *laŋᴬ (“to descend”). Cognate with Eastern Pwo လင် (làɴ), Pa'o Karen လင်ꩻ (lāŋ), Western Pwo လၩ့. Luce (1985) provisionally lists လီၤ as a "pure" Karen word whose origin cannot be traced outside of the Karen languages.

Verb

လီၤ • (law̄)

  1. to descend; to go down
  2. to flow
  3. Preposed marker used to express that the subject causes the reaction denoted by the following verb: cause to, invite to, -able
  4. Postposed directional marker (~လီၤ): down
  5. Postposed marker used in reflexive clauses.

Preposition

လီၤ • (law̄)

  1. down

Compounds

(cause to, invite to, -able):

(down):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “descend, go down”): ထီၣ် (hṭaẁ)
  • (antonym(s) of “directional marker, down”): ထီၣ် (hṭaẁ)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

လီၤ • (law̄)

  1. Final particle used to end declarative sentences.

References

  • Luce, Gordon. 1985. Phases of Pre-Pagan Burma: languages and history (volume 2). Oxford University Press. →ISBN
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