လွင့်

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Burmese

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Etymology

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According to STEDT, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-lwaŋ (body, corpse, discarded object), with a semantic shift "discarded thing" > "to be discarded" > "blown away". See also အလောင်း (a.laung:, corpse).

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: လွင့်
  • IPA(key): /lwɪ̰ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: lwang. • ALA-LC: lvaṅʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: lwin. • Okell: lwíñ

Verb

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Burmese verb set
Base လွင့် (lwang.)
Causativeလွှင့် (hlwang.)

လွင့် (lwang.)

  1. to be blown away
  2. to be packed off
  3. (of colors) to fade, run
  4. to flutter, stream, float

Derived terms

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Further reading

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