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Burmese
Etymology
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Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (hlu "make religious offering"). Luce adduces Old Chinese 糈 (OC *sŋaʔ, *sŋraʔ, “sacrificial grain”), Tibetan སྔོ (sngo, “to dedicate”) as cognates, though these seem phonetically problematic.[1]”
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Pronunciation
Verb
လှူ • (hlu)
- to give away things in charity; donate; sacrifice
Derived terms
References
- ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-U Finals (68. to Dedicate)”, 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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