လိမ်

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Burmese[edit]

လိမ်(ပင်) (Terminalia bialata)

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

လိမ် • (lim)

  1. certain tree species of Combretaceae
    1. Combretum pyrifolium, syn. Terminalia pyrifolia[1]
    2. Indian silver grey wood (Terminalia bialata);[2] yields timber.
See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Compare Mon လီ (“to lie”).

Verb[edit]

လိမ် • (lim)

  1. to twist[2][1]
  2. to be twisted[2][1]
  3. to pinch[2][1]
    ပါးလိမ် ― pa:lim ― to pinch (one's) cheek[2]
  4. to lie, to tell a lie, to deceive[2][1]
    ငါ့ကိုမလိမ်နဲ့။ ― nga.kuima.limnai.|| ― Don't tell me lies![1]
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References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Ōno, Tōru (2000) ビルマ(ミャンマー)語辞典 [Burmese dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Daigakushorin, →ISBN, page 665
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 “လိမ် (ပင်), 1; လိမ်, 2” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 909.
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