လင့်

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ljaŋ (“to wait”); cognate with Lahu [script needed] (lɔ¹, “to wait”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪ̰ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: lang. • ALA-LC: laṅʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: lin. • Okell: líñ

Verb

လင့် • (lang.)

1. to wait, wait for, keep vigil
2. (of time) to be past, be late

Noun

လင့် • (lang.)

1. (same as လင့်စင် (lang.cang)) scaffold used for shooting big game; watchtower

Particle

လင့် • (lang.)

1. particle suffixed to a verb and collocating with the negative particleမ to convey an imperative sense
2. particle suffixed to a verb as an emphatic

Derived terms

• ငံ့လင့် (ngam.lang.)
• စောင့်လင့် (caung.lang.)
• မျှော်လင့် (hmyaulang.)
• မျှော်လင့်ချက် (hmyaulang.hkyak)
• လင့်ကစား (lang.ka.ca:)
• လင့်စင် (lang.cang)
• လင့်စား (lang.ca:)
• လွယ်လင့်တကူ (lwailang.ta.ku)
• အခါမလင့် (a.hkama.lang.)

Further reading

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