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လောက်

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /laʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: lauk • ALA-LC: lokʻ • BGN/PCGN: lauk • Okell: lauʔ

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *luk (enough, satiated). Cognate with Old Chinese (OC *loɡs, “abundant”) (STEDT).

Adjective

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လောက် (lauk)

  1. enough, adequate, sufficient
    Synonym: တော် (tau)

Postposition

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လောက် (lauk)

  1. about (near, approximately, roughly, regarding time, size or quantity)
    အရင်လက​ ဒီလလောက် မပူဘူး။a.rangla.ka.​ dila.lauk ma.pubhu:||Last month was not as hot as this month.
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Mon လံက် (lok), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *lɔk.

Noun

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လောက် (lauk)

  1. maggot (dipterous insect’s larva that eats decomposing flesh)
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