Burmese edit

 
လက်

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Burmese လက် (lak), ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lak. Cognate with Tibetan ལག (lag, hand, arm) and Nuosu (lot, hand).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /lɛʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: lak • ALA-LC: lakʻ • BGN/PCGN: let • Okell: leʔ

Noun edit

လက် (lak)

  1. arm
  2. hand

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • လက်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.

Mon edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Pali lakkha or Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kaw Kyaik, Myanmar) IPA(key): /lɛk/[1]
  • (Pak Kret District, Thailand) IPA(key): /lak/[2]
  • (file)

Numeral edit

လက် (lak)

  1. ten thousand
    (file)
    ညးကဵုနၚ်သြန်မွဲလက်။
    He gave money to ten thousand.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

လက် (lak)[3]

  1. curse
  2. cursed
    (file)
    ဍေံလက်အဲ။
    He cursed me.
Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) Mon - Japanese Dictionary[2] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
  3. ^ ဘဒန္တကေတုမတဳ [Bhadanta Ketumati] (1965) အၚ်္ဂလိက်၊ မန်၊ ဗၟာ၊ ပါဠိ အဘိဓာန်၄ဘာသာ [4 Languages: English, Mon, Burmese and Pali], ရေဝ် [Ye]: ဘာခရိုက်သာံ [Kheraiksam Monastery]