S'gaw Karen edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Karen *loŋᴮ (stone, rock) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *loŋ¹ (idem) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-lu(ŋ/k) (stone). Cognate with Eastern Pwo လုံႋ, Pa'o Karen လုံး, Western Kayah ꤜꤟꤢꤪ (lo̤a), Eastern Kayah lɔ̀.

Noun edit

လၢၢ် (luẖ)

  1. stone; rock