လှုပ်

Burmese

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (lhup "shake"). Luce gives Old Chinese 搖 (OC *lews, *lew, “to shake, swing”) as a cognate.^[1] This is semantically solid, and there is phonetic similarity, though not exact, particularly the different finals (more research into Sino-Tibetan morphophonology needed).”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /l̥oʊʔ/
Romanization: MLCTS: hlup • ALA-LC: lhupʻ • BGN/PCGN: hlok • Okell: hlouʔ

Verb

လှုပ် • (hlup)

to move, to shake, to quake

References

^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UP Finals (87. to Shake, Quake)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 40