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လို့

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See also: လို and လီု

Burmese

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Etymology

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Uncertain, although it can be tentatively compared to Old Burmese ရုယ် (ruy), the ancient form of ရွေ့ (rwe., to move; and, while, because). Also note similarity with Old Chinese (OC *lɯw, “from, by, due to, reason”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lo̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: lui. • ALA-LC: luiʹ • BGN/PCGN: lo. • Okell: loú

Conjunction

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လို့ (lui.)

  1. (colloquial) because
    Synonym: (formal, literary) (rwe)

Particle

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လို့ (lui.)

  1. particle used in conjunction with interrogatives or to denote immediacy
  2. particle suffixed to a verb for emphasis
  3. (colloquial) following nominal; a particle occurring in collocation with the verb “to be called”
    Synonyms: (literary) ဟု (hu.), (literary) ဟူ၍ (hurwe)
    ...လို့ခေါ်တယ်...lui.hkautai||it is called...
  4. (colloquial) following predicate or clause; used for denoting reported speech; that
    Synonyms: (literary) ဟု (hu.), (literary) ဟူ၍ (hurwe)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Pa'o Karen

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Noun

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လို့ (transliteration needed)

  1. human