လွယ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lwɛ̀/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: lwai • ALA-LC: lvayʻ • BGN/PCGN: lwè • Okell: lwe

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *loj (“easy”). Compare Old Chinese 易 (OC *leːɡs, *leɡ, “easy”) (STEDT).

Adjective

လွယ် • (lwai)

  1. easy (not difficult)
    Antonym: ခက် (hkak)
Derived terms
  • ဆူလွယ်နပ်လွယ် (hculwainaplwai)
  • မျက်ရည်လွယ် (myak-ranylwai)
  • မလွယ်ပေါက် (ma.lwaipauk)
  • လက်လွယ် (laklwai)
  • လွယ်ကူ (lwaiku)
  • လွယ်လင့်တကူ (lwailang.ta.ku)
  • သဘောလွယ် (sa.bhau:lwai)
  • အညှာလွယ် (a.hnyalwai)

Etymology 2

Verb

လွယ် • (lwai)

  1. to carry (things) slung over the shoulder
  2. (of women) to bear (in the womb, etc.)
  3. (figuratively) to bear (a responsibility, etc.)
Derived terms
  • ဓားလွယ် (dha:lwai)
  • ဓားလွယ်ခုတ် (dha:lwaihkut)
  • နောက်လွယ် (nauklwai)
  • လွယ်ကြိုး (lwai-krui:, “strap or sling (attached to bags, etc.)”)
  • လွယ်အိတ် (lwaiit, “shoulder bag, cloth sling bag”)
  • သပိတ်လွယ် (sa.pitlwai)

Further reading

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