လယ်

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Burmese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *laj (“paddy field”), which is apparently only attested in Burmese and Kuki-Chin (and the latter may have borrowed from the former); compare Mizo (lěi lèt, “to engage in wet-rice cultivation”), as well as, outside Tibeto-Burman, Thai (râj) (STEDT).

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Noun

လယ် • (lai)

  1. paddy field
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Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-la(ː)j (“navel, center, self”), which is allofamic with *m/s-la(ː)j ~ *s-taj (“navel”) and *s-taj (“navel, abdomen, center, self”); a distant cognate from the last root includes Old Chinese 臍 (OC *zliːl, “navel”) (STEDT).

Noun

လယ် • (lai)

  1. (in compounds) middle, center
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