လှူ

Burmese

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (hlu "make religious offering"). Luce adduces Old Chinese 糈 (OC *sŋaʔ, *sŋraʔ, “sacrificial grain”), Tibetan སྔོ (sngo, “to dedicate”) as cognates, though these seem phonetically problematic.^[1]”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /l̥ù/
Romanization: MLCTS: hlu • ALA-LC: lhū • BGN/PCGN: hlu • Okell: hlu

Verb

လှူ • (hlu)

to give away things in charity; donate; sacrifice

Derived terms

References

^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-U Finals (68. to Dedicate)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 34