လွန်

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See also: လွန်း

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lʊ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: lwan • ALA-LC: lvanʻ • BGN/PCGN: lun • Okell: luñ
  • (Arakanese) IPA(key): /lwɛ̃ɴ²²/
    • Audio (Myanmar, Sittwe):(file)
  • (Southern Arakanese) IPA(key): /lwãɪɴ²²/

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (lwan "take precedence, excel"). Luce gives Tibetan ལོན་པ (lon pa, “to pass (of time)”) as a cognate.[1]”

Verb

လွန် • (lwan)

  1. (of limits, restrictions, etc.) to go beyond, exceed, be intemperate, overshoot
    နဲနဲ လွန်အားကြီးလွန်းတယ်
    nai:nai: lwana:kri:lwan:tai
    That’s going a bit too far.
    (literally, “That’s exceeding a little too much.”)
  2. to be well past
  3. to die, pass away
  4. to transgress
  5. to go against
Derived terms

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (lwan "rope drawn ( ritual )"). Looks a bit like it could be related to လွန်း (lwan:) in the "ply for making rope" sense.”

Noun

လွန် • (lwan)

  1. rope
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *lwan (“to bore, pierce”); cognate with the second syllable of Jingpho (gə lùn, “to thrust, pierce”) (STEDT).

Noun

လွန် • (lwan)

  1. gimlet, auger, drill, brace
Derived terms

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (lwan "kind of tree"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Noun

လွန် • (lwan)

  1. (same as လင်းလွန်း (lang:lwan:)) name for various species of trees
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AN Finals (63. to Pass, Elapse; to Exceed, Go beyond)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan‎, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN

Further reading

  • “လွန်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • “လွန် 2 ‘gimlet’” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 934.
  • “လွန် 3 ‘rope’” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 934.
  • “လွန် 4 ‘to exceed’” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 934.
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