လိမ်

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Burmese

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လိမ်(ပင်) (Terminalia bialata)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Not given etymology by STEDT (lim "twist; be deceitful"), while Luce compares Old Chinese 緝 (OC *sʰib, “to sew, twist”), Tibetan སྒྲིམ (sgrim, “to twist together”);[1] the Old Chinese reconstruction makes the Chinese comparison phonetically doubtful. Compare also Mon လီ (“to lie”); the Burmese may have been borrowed from the Mon, in this case.

Verb

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လိမ် • (lim)

  1. to twist, be twisted
  2. to pinch
    ပါးလိမ် ― pa:lim ― to pinch (one's) cheek[2]
  3. to lie, tell a lie, deceive
    ငါ့ကိုမလိမ်နဲ့။ ― nga.kuima.limnai.|| ― Don't tell me lies![3]
  4. to cheat, swindle
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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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 (lim "kind of tree, the Terminalia bialata"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”

Noun

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လိမ် • (lim)

  1. a kind of large timber tree of family Combretaceae
    1. Combretum pyrifolium, syn. Terminalia pyrifolia[3]
    2. Indian silver grey wood (Terminalia bialata);[2] yields timber.
See also
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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-IM Finals (12. to Twist; Deceitful)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 44
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “လိမ် (ပင်), 1; လိမ်, 2” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 909.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ōno, Tōru (2000) ビルマ(ミャンマー)語辞典 [Burmese dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Daigakushorin, →ISBN, page 665

Further reading

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