See also: လို and လို့

Mon edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

လီု (ləṁ)

  1. to be spoiled[4]
    1. to break down[3]
    2. to decay, to rot, to go bad[3]
      Synonyms: အုဲ (ʼuy), သ္အုဲ (sʼuy)
  2. to perish[3]
  3. to miscarry[3]
    ကောန်လီုkon ləṁto miscarry[3]

Adjective edit

လီု (ləṁ)

  1. destroyed,[1] ruined[5]

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Jenny, Mathias (2019) “Mon”, in Alice Vittrant and Justin Watkins, editors, The Mainland Southeast Asia Linguistic Area[1], Berlin: Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 286 of 277–319
  2. ^ Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon[2], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) Mon - Japanese Dictionary[3] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 1029
  4. ^ อนุสรณ์ สถานนท์, ร้อยตรี [Anusorn Sathanon, Sub-Lt.] (1984) พจนานุกรม มอญ-ไทย [Mon-Thai Dictionary], page 160; Thai translation of Halliday, R. (1922) A Mon-English Dictionary, Bangkok: Siam Society (2nd ed.: Rangoon: Mon Cultural Section, Ministry of Union Culture, Govt. of the Union of Burma, 1955).
  5. ^ Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language: To which are Added a Few Pages of Phrases, &c[4], Rangoon: American Mission Press, page 115