လင်းတ

Burmese

Etymology

The first syllable is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-la(ŋ/k) (“falcon, vulture, eagle, kite, hawk, bird of prey”), which is likely a loan from Proto-Mon-Khmer *laŋ ~ *laaŋ ~ *laiŋ (“large raptor”). Compare Mon လနေၚ် (“kite”), Khmer ខ្លែង (khlaeng, “kite”). (Benedict, 1972; STEDT).

Cognate to Jingpho gəlaŋ (“eagle, kite, hawk”), Jingpho lang (“bird of the falcon family”), Mianchi Southern Qiang là (“kite, hawk”) and Mianchi Southern Qiang lá (“eagle, vulture”). Possibly connected to Chinese 鷹／鹰 (yīng, “eagle”) (Benedict, 1990; Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: လင်းဒ
• IPA^(key): /lɪ́ɴda̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: lang:ta. • ALA-LC: laṅʻʺta • BGN/PCGN: lin:da. • Okell: lìñtá

Noun

လင်းတ • (lang:ta.)

1. vulture.

Descendants

• → Shan: လၢင်းတႃႉ (láang tâ̰a) / ၼၢင်းတႃႉ (náang tâ̰a)