လှိုင်း

Burmese

Etymology

Uncertain.

Possibly a loan from Proto-Mon-Khmer *luŋh ~ *luuŋh ~ *ləŋh (“to hollow, excavate, bore”), whence Khmer លុង (lung, “to dig a hole”) and Vietnamese trũng (“concave”). See also Mizo lawng (“to take out the heart of a wild platain tree”) (Sidwell, 2006; Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /l̥áɪɴ/

Romanization: MLCTS: hluing: • ALA-LC: lhuiṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: hlaing: • Okell: hlaìñ

Noun

လှိုင်း • (hluing:)

wave
unevenness (of surface)

Derived terms

လှိုင်းတို (hluing:tui)
လှိုင်းလတ် (hluing:lat)

Verb

လှိုင်း • (hluing:)

to abound; be plentiful; be in profusion
to overwhelm; deluge; flood
to proclaim
to bluff; flatter; deceive

Particle

လှိုင်း • (hluing:)

numerical classifier for counting sheaves of paddy

References

“လှိုင်း” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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