လှူ

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Burmese

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (hlu "make religious offering"). Luce adduces Old Chinese (OC *sŋaʔ, *sŋraʔ, “sacrificial grain”), Tibetan སྔོ (sngo, to dedicate) as cognates, though these seem phonetically problematic.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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လှူ (hlu)

  1. to give away things in charity; donate; sacrifice

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-U Finals (68. to Dedicate)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 34

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