လှိုင်း

Burmese

Etymology

Uncertain.

Possibly a loan from Proto-Mon-Khmer *luŋh ~ *luuŋh ~ *ləŋh (“to hollow, excavate, bore”), whence Khmer លុង (lung, “to dig a hole”) and Vietnamese trũng (“concave”). See also Mizo lawng (“to take out the heart of a wild platain tree”) (Sidwell, 2006; Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̥áɪɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hluing: • ALA-LC: lhuiṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: hlaing: • Okell: hlaìñ

Noun

လှိုင်း • (hluing:)

1. wave
2. unevenness (of surface)

Derived terms

• လှိုင်းတို (hluing:tui)
• လှိုင်းလတ် (hluing:lat)

Verb

လှိုင်း • (hluing:)

1. to abound; be plentiful; be in profusion
2. to overwhelm; deluge; flood
3. to proclaim
4. to bluff; flatter; deceive

Particle

လှိုင်း • (hluing:)

1. numerical classifier for counting sheaves of paddy

References

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