လင်းတ

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Burmese

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Etymology

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The first syllable is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-la(ŋ/k) (falcon, vulture, eagle, kite, hawk, bird of prey), which is likely a loan from Proto-Mon-Khmer *laŋ ~ *laaŋ ~ *laiŋ (large raptor). Compare Mon လနေၚ် (kite), Khmer ខ្លែង (khlaeng, kite). (Benedict, 1972; STEDT).

Cognate to Jingpho gəlaŋ (eagle, kite, hawk), Jingpho lang (bird of the falcon family), Mianchi Southern Qiang (kite, hawk) and Mianchi Southern Qiang (eagle, vulture). Possibly connected to Chinese (yīng, eagle) (Benedict, 1990; Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: လင်း
  • IPA(key): /lɪ́ɴda̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: lang:ta. • ALA-LC: laṅʻʺta • BGN/PCGN: lin:da. • Okell: lìñtá

Noun

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လင်းတ (lang:ta.)

  1. vulture.

Descendants

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