လှိုင်း

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Burmese

Etymology

Uncertain.

Possibly a loan from Proto-Mon-Khmer *luŋh ~ *luuŋh ~ *ləŋh (“to hollow, excavate, bore”), whence Khmer លុង (lung, “to dig a hole”) and Vietnamese trũng (“concave”). See also Mizo lawng (“to take out the heart of a wild platain tree”) (Sidwell, 2006; Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l̥áɪɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hluing: • ALA-LC: lhuiṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: hlaing: • Okell: hlaìñ

Noun

လှိုင်း • (hluing:)

  1. wave
  2. unevenness (of surface)

Derived terms

Verb

လှိုင်း • (hluing:)

  1. to abound; be plentiful; be in profusion
  2. to overwhelm; deluge; flood
  3. to proclaim
  4. to bluff; flatter; deceive

Particle

လှိုင်း • (hluing:)

  1. numerical classifier for counting sheaves of paddy

References

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