ဦးလေး

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Burmese

Etymology

ဦး (u:, “sir; head”) +‎ လေး (le:, “heavy; to attach importance to”).

The "be hesitant" sense is separated by MED, though also considered etymologically equivalent to the "uncle" sense ("heavy sir" vs "going heavy in the head = hesitant").

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဦး+လေး
  • IPA(key): /ʔúlé/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: u:le: • ALA-LC: ūʺleʺ • BGN/PCGN: u:le: • Okell: ùleì

Noun

ဦးလေး • (u:le:)

  1. uncle, specifically mother's younger brother

Verb

ဦးလေး • (u:le:)

  1. to be hesitant
  2. (archaic) to be bored

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