လီၤနံၤ

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

From လီၤ (law̄, “go down”) +‎ နံၤ (neē, “laugh”). Cognate with Eastern Pwo လင်ဏီႋ (làɴ nī).

Verb

လီၤနံၤ • (law̄ neē)

(stative) to be funny

Usage notes

The preverbal modifier လီၤ (law̄) is used with some verbs to express that the subject causes the reaction denoted by the following verb, similar to -able in English.