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လေ

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See also: လေး and လှေ

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Burmese လိယ်, from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *s/ʔ-ləy¹, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-ləj (“wind”). Cognate with Rakhine လီ.

Noun

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လေ • (le)

  1. wind, air
  2. breeze
  3. gas or wind in the body
  4. (colloquial) words, empty talk
  5. (of speaking, singing, or writing) style of delivery, tone

Verb

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လေ • (le)

  1. to be wasted
  2. (of wind) to wander
  3. to wander about aimlessly

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “လေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • Nishi, Y. (1999). Old Burmese: toward the history of Burmese. Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology, 23(3), 659-692.

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 (le "( verb. affix, euphonic )").”)

Particle

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လေ • (le)

  1. Used to soften an indicative sentence: you see, you know?, remember?, after all
    သူတို့မှာ မရှိဘူးလေ
    sutui.hma ma.hri.bhu:le
    They don't have any, remember?
  2. Used to soften an imperative sentence: if that's okay, if you don't mind, if you want
    ပိတ်ချင်ယင် ပိတ်လေ
    pithkyang-yang pitle
    Do shut it if you want to.
Derived terms
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Further reading

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  • “လေ” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
  • “လေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • Okell, John (1969) A Reference Grammar of Colloquial Burmese, London: Oxford University Press, page 340
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