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လူး

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See also: လူ

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Diverse array of meanings, all grouped together by STEDT. Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981.”

Verb

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လူး • (lu:)

  1. to smear, besmear, daub
    သနပ်ခါးလူး ― sa.naphka:lu: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. to be smeared
    ခြေထောက်မှာရွှံ့တွေလူးနေ ― hkrehtaukhmahrwam.twelu:ne ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. to writhe
    အိပ်ရာပေါ်မှာလူးနေ ― ip-rapauhmalu:ne ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. to roll, wallow
    လှေလူး ― hlelu: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    အိုင်ထဲမှာကျွဲလူးနေ ― uinghtai:hma-kywai:lu:ne ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  5. (same as လူးတွင်း (lu:twang:)) wallowing pond

Adjective

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လူး • (lu:)

  1. (archaic) youthful

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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According to MED, borrowed from Hindi लुख (lukh). Another theory by Luce suggests relation to Old Chinese 黍 (OC *hljaʔ, “millet”).[1]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Does the Hindi have any extant usage? It doesn't seem to be common at all - has it been attested outside of dictionaries? Is it even in Hindi dictionaries?”

Noun

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လူး • (lu:)

  1. common millet (Panicum miliaceum)

References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-U Finals (67. Panicled Millet (Panicum miliaceum))”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 34

Further reading

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