လီၤ

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen *laŋᴬ (“to descend”). Cognate with Western Pwo လၩ့, Eastern Pwo လင်.

Verb

လီၤ • (law̄)

1. to descend; to go down
2. to flow
3. pre-verbal marker used to express that the subject causes the reaction denoted by the following verb: cause to, invite to, -able
4. post-verbal directional marker: down
5. post-verbal marker used in reflexive clauses

Preposition

လီၤ • (law̄)

1. down

Derived terms

(cause to, invite to, -able):

• လီၤနံၤ (law̄ neē)
• လီၤနာ် (law̄ nạ)
• လီၤပျံၤ (law̄ pleē)
• လီၤပှ့ၤ (law̄ phgaȳ)
• လီၤဘှိး (law̄ bhgoḧ)
• လီၤဘၣ်ယိၣ် (law̄ bà yoh̀)
• လီၤဟး (law̄ hä)
• လီၤအဲၣ် (law̄ ʼeh̀)

 

(down):

• ပာ်လီၤ (pạ law̄)
• သူၣ်လီၤ (thoò law̄)
• ဟ့ၣ်လီၤ (haỳ law̄)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “descend, go down”): ထီၣ် (hṭaẁ)
• (antonym(s) of “directional marker, down”): ထီၣ် (hṭaẁ)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

လီၤ • (law̄)

1. Final particle used to end declarative sentences.