လွယ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lwɛ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: lwai • ALA-LC: lvayʻ • BGN/PCGN: lwè • Okell: lwe

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lwa(ː)j (“easy”). Compare Old Chinese 易 (OC *leːɡs, *leɡ, “easy”) (STEDT).

Adjective

လွယ် • (lwai)

1. easy (not difficult)

   Antonym: ခက် (hkak)

Derived terms

• ဆူလွယ်နပ်လွယ် (hculwainaplwai)
• မျက်ရည်လွယ် (myak-ranylwai)
• မလွယ်ပေါက် (ma.lwaipauk)
• လက်လွယ် (laklwai)
• လွယ်ကူ (lwaiku)
• လွယ်လင့်တကူ (lwailang.ta.ku)
• သဘောလွယ် (sa.bhau:lwai)
• အညှာလွယ် (a.hnyalwai)

Etymology 2

Verb

လွယ် • (lwai)

1. to carry (things) slung over the shoulder
2. (of women) to bear (in the womb, etc.)
3. (figuratively) to bear (a responsibility, etc.)

Derived terms

• ဓားလွယ် (dha:lwai)
• ဓားလွယ်ခုတ် (dha:lwaihkut)
• နောက်လွယ် (nauklwai)
• လွယ်ကြိုး (lwai-krui:, “strap or sling (attached to bags, etc.)”)
• လွယ်အိတ် (lwaiit, “shoulder bag, cloth sling bag”)
• သပိတ်လွယ် (sa.pitlwai)

Further reading

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