လေ့

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lḛ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: le. • ALA-LC: leʹ • BGN/PCGN: le. • Okell: leí

Etymology 1

Verb

လေ့ • (le.)

1. to practice, acquire a habit, become accustomed to, take interest in

Particle

လေ့ • (le.)

1. particle suffixed to a verb to denote a habit
2. particle used as a sentence final marker for euphonic effect

Derived terms

• ကိုယ်လက်ကြံ့ခိုင်ရေးလေ့ကျင့်ခန်း (kuiylakkram.hkuing-re:le.kyang.hkan:)
• လေ့ကျက် (le.kyak)
• လေ့ကျင့် (le.kyang.)
• လေ့လာ (le.la)
• သလေ့ (sa.le.)
• သွေးပူလေ့ကျင့်ခန်း (swe:pule.kyang.hkan:)

 

Etymology 2

Particle

လေ့ • (le.)

1. word used in calling pigs

Further reading

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