လံာ်

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen *lekᴰ (“hawk”). Cognate with Eastern Pwo လိက် (lái).

Noun

လံာ် • (leẹ)

  1. a hawk

Etymology 2

Cognate with Eastern Pwo လိက် (lái), Western Pwo လံၬ, Pa'o Karen လိတ်, Western Kayah ꤜꤤ꤬ (lì).

Noun

လံာ် • (leẹ)

  1. a book
  2. (a piece of) writing
  3. a script
Usage notes
  • The classifier for 'book' is ဘ့ၣ် (baỳ).
  • လံာ် (leẹ) co-occurs with လဲၢ် (leẖ) in four-syllable compounds, also known as elaborate expressions.
Compounds
  • လံာ်လဲၢ် (leẹ leẖ)

Etymology 3

Cognate with Eastern Pwo လိက် (lái).

Verb

လံာ် • (leẹ)

  1. to wear (around the neck), wear (a necklace)

References

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