လက်

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See also: လိုက်, လကး, လောက်, လောက, လျှောက်, and လှော်ကား

Burmese

လက်

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: lak • ALA-LC: lakʻ • BGN/PCGN: let • Okell: leʔ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Burmese လက် (lak), ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lak (“hand”). Cognate with Tibetan ལག (lag, “hand, arm”) and Nuosu ꇇ (lot, “hand”) (STEDT).

Noun

လက် • (lak)

  1. arm; narrow projecting part of a main body
  2. hand
  3. finger
  4. (figuratively) hands
Derived terms

Classifier

လက် • (lak)

  1. numerical classifier for counting turns in the game of dice
  2. numerical classifier for counting certain elongated things

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *glwak (“to shine, flash”); cognate with Tibetan གློག (glog, “lightning”), as well as Old Chinese 曜 (OC *lewɢs, “to shine; brightness”) (STEDT).

Verb

လက် • (lak)

  1. to flash, glitter, scintillate, coruscate
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “လက်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.

Mon

Etymology 1

From Pali lakkha or Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Kaw Kyaik, Myanmar) IPA(key): /lɛk/[1]
  • (Pak Kret District, Thailand) IPA(key): /lak/[2]
  • Audio (speaking):(file)

Numeral

လက် (lak)

  1. ten thousand
    Audio:(file)
    ညးကဵုနၚ်သြန်မွဲလက်။
    He gave money to ten thousand.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

လက် (lak)[3]

  1. curse
  2. cursed
    Audio:(file)
    ဍေံလက်အဲ။
    He cursed me.
Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) Mon - Japanese Dictionary‎ (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
  3. ^ ဘဒန္တကေတုမတဳ (1965) အၚ်္ဂလိက်၊ မန်၊ ဗၟာ၊ ပါဠိ အဘိဓာန်၄ဘာသာ , ရေဝ် : ဘာခရိုက်သာံ
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