လူး

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See also: လူ

Burmese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Diverse array of meanings, all grouped together by STEDT. Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981.”

Verb

လူး (lu:)

  1. to smear, besmear, daub
    သနပ်ခါးလူးsa.naphka:lu:(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. to be smeared
    ခြေထောက်မှာရွှံ့တွေလူးနေhkrehtaukhmahrwam.twelu:ne(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. to writhe
    အိပ်ရာပေါ်မှာလူးနေip-rapauhmalu:ne(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. to roll, wallow
    လှေလူးhlelu:(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    အိုင်ထဲမှာကျွဲလူးနေuinghtai:hma-kywai:lu:ne(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  5. (same as လူးတွင်း (lu:twang:)) wallowing pond

Adjective

လူး (lu:)

  1. (archaic) youthful

Derived terms

Etymology 2

According to MED, borrowed from Hindi लुख (lukh). Another theory by Luce suggests relation to Old Chinese (OC *hljaʔ, “millet”).[1]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Does the Hindi have any extant usage? It doesn't seem to be common at all - has it been attested outside of dictionaries? Is it even in Hindi dictionaries?”

Noun

လူး (lu:)

  1. common millet (Panicum miliaceum)

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-U Finals (67. Panicled Millet (Panicum miliaceum))”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 34

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