လူ

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Burmese

Etymology

From Old Burmese လော (lo), ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *su ~ s-lu (“who; indefinite pronoun; remote third-person pronoun”) (STEDT); see သူ (su, “who”) for more. An older theory by Luce tentatively connects Old Chinese 侶 (OC *raʔ, “companion”) to the Burmese, though the final in the Chinese seems problematic.[1]

The "rise" sense is linked with the "man" sense by MED, though it is unclear if they should be linked.

Pronunciation

Noun

လူ • (lu)

  1. man (human being), person
    • 1962, Hla Pe, Burmese Proverbs, London: John Murray, p. 90 (translation on p 18):
      cɛʔhmɑ ə`yo luhmɑ ə`myo
      conventional orthography:
      ကြက်မှာ အရိုး လူမှာ အမျိုး။
      krakhma a.rui: luhma a.myui:||
      With fowls, the pedigree; with men, breeding.
  2. male
  3. one's man; one's supporter or servitor
  4. people (in general)
  5. thief, burglar

Derived terms

Verb

လူ • (lu)

  1. (of smoke, tendrils, glory, etc.) to rise, climb, mount

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-U Finals (65. Man (homo); Layman)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 34

Further reading

Shan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ˀduːᴬ³ (“to look; to watch”).

Verb

လူ • (lǔu) (abstract noun လွင်ႈလူ)

  1. to see

Etymology 2

From Burmese လှူ (hlu).

Verb

လူ • (lǔu) (abstract noun လွင်ႈလူ)

  1. to donate; give as a religious act; make an offering

References

  • Moeng, Sao Tern (1995) Shan-English Dictionary‎, Dunwoody Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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