လို့

See also: လို and လီု

Burmese

Etymology

Uncertain, although it can be tentatively compared to Old Burmese ရုယ် (ruy), the ancient form of ရွေ့ (rwe., “to move; and, while, because”). Also note similarity with Old Chinese 由 (OC *lɯw, “from, by, due to, reason”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: lui. • ALA-LC: luiʹ • BGN/PCGN: lo. • Okell: loú

Conjunction

လို့ • (lui.)

1. (colloquial) because

   Synonym: (formal, literary) ၍ (rwe)

Particle

လို့ • (lui.)

1. particle used in conjunction with interrogatives or to denote immediacy
2. particle suffixed to a verb for emphasis
3. (colloquial) following nominal; a particle occurring in collocation with the verb “to be called”

   Synonyms: (literary) ဟု (hu.), (literary) ဟူ၍ (hurwe)

   ...လို့ခေါ်တယ်။ ― ...lui.hkautai|| ― it is called...

4. (colloquial) following predicate or clause; used for denoting reported speech; that

   Synonyms: (literary) ဟု (hu.), (literary) ဟူ၍ (hurwe)

Derived terms

• ကံကောင်းထောက်မလို့ (kamkaung:htaukma.lui.)
• တကယ်လို့ (ta.kailui.)
• ဒုက္ခရှာလို့ (dukhka.hralui.)
• မတော်လို့ (ma.taului.)
• မို့လို့ (mui.lui.)

 

Further reading

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

Pa'o Karen

Noun

လို့ (transliteration needed)

1. human