လောလောဆယ်

Burmese

Etymology

According to MED, a compound of လောလော (lau:lau:, “most recently, at once”) +‎ ဆယ် (hcai, “ten”). The interpretation appears to be something like "most recently (while a duration of ten passes)".

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: လောလောဇယ်
• IPA^(key): /lɔ́lɔ́zɛ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: lau:lau:hcai • ALA-LC: lolochayʻ • BGN/PCGN: law:law:zè • Okell: lòlòze

Adverb

လောလောဆယ် • (lau:lau:hcai)

1. for the time being, in the interim, in the meantime, for the present

Further reading

• “လောလောဆယ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.