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Burmese
Etymology
Uncertain, although it can be tentatively compared to Old Burmese ရုယ် (ruy), the ancient form of ရွေ့ (rwe., “to move; and, while, because”). Also note similarity with Old Chinese 由 (OC *lɯw, “from, by, due to, reason”).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
လို့ • (lui.)
- (colloquial) because
- Synonym: (formal, literary) ၍ (rwe)
Particle
လို့ • (lui.)
- particle used in conjunction with interrogatives or to denote immediacy
- particle suffixed to a verb for emphasis
- (colloquial) following nominal; a particle occurring in collocation with the verb “to be called”
- Synonyms: (literary) ဟု (hu.), (literary) ဟူ၍ (hurwe)
- ...လို့ခေါ်တယ်။ ― ...lui.hkautai|| ― it is called...
- (colloquial) following predicate or clause; used for denoting reported speech; that
- Synonyms: (literary) ဟု (hu.), (literary) ဟူ၍ (hurwe)
Derived terms
Further reading
Pa'o Karen
Noun
လို့ (transliteration needed)
- human