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See also: လာ, လား, and 𑄣

U+101C, လ
MYANMAR LETTER LA

Myanmar

Translingual

Letter

  1. La, a letter of the Mon-Burmese script. Used in most, if not all, orthographies in that script.

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: la. • ALA-LC: la • BGN/PCGN: la. • Okell:
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Etymology 1

Letter

(la.)

  1. La, the 29th letter of the Burmese alphabet.

Noun

(la.)

  1. symbol for ellipsis (see also ပေယျာလ (peyyala.))

Particle

(la.)

  1. particle used as an abbreviated form of particles လေ (le), လိမ့် (lim.), လတ် (lat)
  2. particle prefixed to verbs for emphasis or euphony
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/ɡ-la (moon; month). Cognate with Tibetan ཟླ་བ (zla ba), Nuosu (hlep), Pa'o Karen လာ, S'gaw Karen လါ (lah), Western Pwo လၩ, Eastern Pwo လာ (), Western Kayah ꤜꤢꤧ꤭ (lāe).

Noun

(la.)

  1. moon
  2. month
    ဆယ့်သုံးလပြက္ခဒိန်
    hcai.sum:la.prakhka.din
    The thirteen-moon calendar
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Mon

Pronunciation

Letter

(la)

  1. La, the twenty-eighth consonant of the Mon alphabet.

Noun

(la)

  1. grandfather, elderly person.

Shan

Pronunciation

Noun

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