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Myanmar English Dictionary

Vowel 'A'

• လ | la1
  
  (1) the twenty eighth character.
  
  (2) moon.
  
  (3) month.
  
  
• ၎င်း | la1-goun3; la1-goun3 - the subject or person in the discussion; above-mentioned.
  
  
• လကြတ် | la1 kjut - lunar eclipse to take place.
  
  လကွေး | la1 gway3 - crescent.
  
  လကွယ် | la1 gweare2 - the last day of waning of the moon; moonless night.
  
  လကွယ်နေ့ | la1 gweare2 nay1 - the same day of the moonless night.
  
  လကွယ်လာသော | la1 kweare2 la2 dthau3 - waning (of the moon as opposed to waxing when the moon is full.)
  
  လကွယ်လာသည် | la1 kweare2 la2 dthi2 - wane (moon to decrease in phase.)
  
  
• လခ | la1 ga1 - monthly salary; remuneration.
  
  လခစာရင်း | la1 ga1 sa1-yin3 - payroll.
  
  လခစား | la1 ga1 za3 - salaried personnel; employee on payroll.
  
  လခ ထိုက်ထိုက်တန်တန် မရ‌သော | la1 ga1 htite-htite tan2-tan2 ma1-ya1 dthau3 - underpaid.
  
  လခပေး | la1 ga1 pay3 - remunerate.
  
  လချုပ် | la1 joat - monthly; end-of-month (report, etc..)
  
  လခြမ်း | la1 jan3 - crescent; half-moon.
  
  လခြမ်းဆိုင်း | la1 jan3 hsine3 - ethnic Mon musical instrument which consists of a series of gongs arranged in crescent moon shape.
  
  လခြမ်းနီအသင်း | la1 jan3 ni2 a-thin3 - the Red Crescent Society.
  
  
• လငပုပ်ဖမ်း | la1 nga1-poat pfun3 - have a lunar eclipse.
  
  
• လစာ | la1 za2 - monthly salary.
  
  လစာနှုန်း | la1 za2 hnome3 - salary-scale; pay-scale.
  
  လစာပေးချေမှု | la1 za2 pay3 chay2 hmu1 - monthly salary payment.
  
  လစာရင်း | la1 za2 yin3 - basic salary without bonuses and extra time pay.
  
  လစဉ် | la1 zin2 - monthly .
  
  လစဉ်ကြေး | la1 zin2 jay3 - monthly fee; monthly subscription.
  
  လစဉ်ထောက်ပံ့ကြေး | la1 zin2 htout-pan1 jay3 - monthly stipend.
  
  လစဉ်ဝန်ဆောင်မှုမှာယူ | la1 zin2 woon2-zoun2-hmu1 hma2-yu2 - subscribe.
  
  
• လဆိုင်း | la1 zine3 - a system of deferring loan payment by the month.
  
  လဆုတ် | la1 zoat - a period of waning of the moon during which visible part of the moon decreases until the moonless night.
  
  လဆန်း | la1 zun3 - a period of waxing of the moon during which visible part of the moon increases until the full moon night.
  
  လဆွဲ | la1 zweare3 - subscripted လ as in ပလ္လင် | pa1-lin2 - throne.
  
  
• လတ္တံ့ | la1-tan1 - a prophecy, soothsaying, foretelling about something equivalent to 'bound to happen'.
  
  
• လထီးဆောင်း | la1 hti3-hsoun3 - the moon having partial halo.
  
  လထွက် | la1 dwet - moonrise.
  
  လထပ် | la1 htut - intercalate (add) a month in a lunar calendar to correlate with the solar year.
  
  
• လပေါ်သရေ | la1 bau2 tha1-yay2 - sloppily; untidily.
  
  လပို့ | la-bo1 - hump.
  
  လပြည့် | la1 byay1 - full-moon.
  
  လပြည့်နေ့ | la1 byay1 nay1 - full-moon day.
  
  လပြည့်လာသော | la1 pyay1 la2 dthau3 - waxing (of the moon as opposed to waning.)
  
  လပြည့်လာသည် | la1 pyay1 la2 dthi2 - wax (moon to become full.)
  
  လပြည့်ဝန်း | la1 byay1 wun3 - full moon at its brightest time uncovered by clouds.
  
  လပြန်တိုး | la1 byan2 doe3 - loan system in which principal plus interest is accrued at the month-end.
  
  
• လမု | la1-mu1 - (1) mangrove apple; crabapple mangrove tree (sonneratia caseolaris.) (2) bamboo fish trap.
  
  လမဲ့ | la1-meare1 - mangrove tree (sonnertia alba.)
  
  လမက် | la1-met - mangrove tree (avicennia alba.)
  
  လမိုက်ရက် | la1 mite yet - dark moonless night or the night with faint moonlight.
  
  လမုန့် | la1 mone1 - mooncake.
  
  
• လယ | la1-ya1 - a measure of time equivalent to ten finger snaps.
  
  
• လရောင် | la1 youn2 - moonlight.
  
  လရောင်ခြည် | la1 youn2-ji2 - luminance of the moon.
  
  
• လ.ဝ.က | la1 wa1 ka1 - abbreviation for immigration or immigration office.
  
  လ.ဝ.ကမှူး | la1 wa1 ka1 hmu3 - immigration officer.
  
  
• လသာ | la1 tha2 - moon to be bright and luminous.
  
  လသာခန်း | la1 dtha2 gun3 - room with balcony.
  
  လသာဆောင် | la1 dtha2 zoun2 - balcony (where unobstructed view of the moon can be seen.)
  
  လသာရက် | la1 dtha2 yet - full moon night and a few days before and after the full-moon night when the moon is almost full.
  
  လသား | la1 dtha3 - a baby, seedling or a pup less than a year old.
  
  
• လဟာ | la1-ha2
  လဟာပြင် | la1-ha2-byin2 - open space; open skies.
  
  လဟာပြင်ဈေး | la1-ha2-byin2 zay3 - open air market.
  
  
• လာ | la2; la2
  
  (1) come.
  
  လာပါဦး | la2 ba2 ome3 - Please come here.
  
  (2) be cited in documents.
  
  (3) verb suffix particle 'has just started' as in မိုးရွာလာပြီ | mo3 ywa2 la2 byi2 - It starts raining.
  
  လာနီညာ | la2-ni2-nya2 - [Spanish] La Niña, weather pattern opposite of El Niño caused by lower than average sea surface temperatures in the central Pacific.
  
  လာအို | la2-o2 - Laos; Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar's neighbor to the east separated by မဲခေါင်မြစ် | meare3-khoun2 myit - Mekong River in Shan State.
  
  
• လား | la3; la3; la3
  
  (1) particle equivalent to question mark at the end of the sentence.
  
  ဒါပဲလား | da2 beare3 la3 - Is that all?
  
  (2) particle equivalent to 'whether'.
  
  သူ့ကား ဝယ်ချင်လား လို့မေးတယ် - thu1 ka3 weare2 chin2 la3 lo1 may3 deare2 - He asks me whether I'm interested in buying his car.
  
  (3) particle equivalent to 'whether' choice with လား --- လား | la3 --- la3 sentence pattern.
  
  ဝယ်ရင် ကောင်းမလား မကောင်းဘူးလား စဉ်းစားလိုက်ဦးမယ် - weare2 yin2 koun3 ma1-la3 ma1-koun3 bu3 la3 sin3-za3 lite ome3 meare2. - Let me think whether to buy or not.
  
  (4) mule.
  
  (5) reach.
  
  နတ်ပြည်သို့လားပါစေ | nut-pyi2 dtho1 la3 ba2-zay2 - "May you reach the Heavenly World!" (eulogy to the deceased.)
  
  (6) [literary] go.
  
  လားရှိုးမြို့ | la3-sho3 myo1 - Lashio, the largest town in northern Shan State, Myanmar.
  
  လားဟူ | la3-hu2 - ethnic Lahu people in eastern Shan State in Myanmar, China, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.
  
  လားဟူ ဒီမိုကရက်တစ် အစည်းအရုံး | la3-hu2 de2-mo2-ka1-ret-tit a-si3 a-yone3 - Lahu Democratic Union; LDU.
  
  
• လျ | lya1 - slender; lean; thin.
  
  
• လျာ | ya2 - appropriate; earmark; set aside.
  
  မင်းလျာ | min3 lya2 - crown prince; heir apparent to a throne.
  
  လျာထား | ya2 hta3 - earmark; slate; designate.
  
  လျာထားသော | ya2 hta3 dthau3 - earmarked.
  
  
• လျား | lya3; lya3 - be protracted; lengthy; extended.
  
  
• လွ | lwa1 - [archaic and poetic] (1) blazing white. (2) glistering; lustrous.
  
  
• လှ | hla1; hla1
  
  (1) pretty; good-looking; comely.
  
  လှလိုက်တာ | hla1 lite da2 - So pretty!
  
  (2) verb suffix particle 'so', 'too', 'very'.
  
  ရိုင်းလှချေလား | yine3 hla1 chay2 la3 - How rude!
  
  (3) part of both male and female Burmese names as in လှမြင့် | hla1 myin1 - Hla Myint.
  
  လှပ | hla1 pa1 - beautiful.
  
  လှလှ | hla1-hla1 - pretty much; totally; fully.
  
  ဒုက္ခလှလှတွေ့ပြီ | doat-kha1 hla1-hla1 tway1 byi2 - He's pretty much in trouble now.
  
  လှလှပပ | hla1-hla1 pa1-pa1 - attractively; beautifully.
  
  
• လှာ | hla2 - [poetic] suffix word used as a rhyme with the same meaning as လာ | la2.
  
  
• လျှာ | sha2
  
  (1) tongue.
  
  (2) manner of speaking.
  
  လျှာမရှည်နဲ့ | sha2 ma1-shay2 neare1 - Don't talk so much.
  
  လျှာခင် | sha1-khin2 - uvula.
  
  လျှာခင်ရောင်ရောဂါ | sha1-khin2-youn2 yau3-ga2 - uvulitis; inflammation of the uvula.
  
  လျှာစောင်းထက် | sha2-zoun3 htet - be sharp-tongued.
  
  လျှာထိုး | sha2-doe3 - tongue and grove plank.
  
  လျှာနာခွာနာ | sha2-na2 khwa2-na2 - foot-and-mouth disease; hoof-and-mouth disease.
  
  လျှာပွတ်ဆေး | sha2-boot hsay3 - herbal powder to relieve cough and aid digestion.
  
  လျှာယား | sha2 ya3 - have a strong desire to involve and meddle with affairs of other people.
  
  လျှာရည် | sha2 yay2 - saliva.
  
  လျှာရှည် | sha2 shay2 - be long-winded.
  
  လျှာလေး | sha2 lay3 - be tongue-tied.
  
  လျှာလေးအာလေး | sha2-lay3 ah2-lay3 - slowness in speech (due to drunkenness, etc..)
  
  လျှာလည် | sha2 leare2 - have unsatiated tongue for good food and drink.
  
  လျှာလိပ်သံ | sha2 late dthun2 - rolling 'r' sound.
  
  လျှာလိပ်သံထွက် | sha2 late dthun2 htwet - retroflex.
  
  လျှာလိပ်သံထွက်သော | sha2 late dthun2 htwet dthau3 - retroflexed.
  
  လျှာသွက်အာသွက် | sha2-dthwet ah2-dthwet - talkative mood.
  
  
• လွှ | hlwa1 - saw (used for cutting trees.)
  
  လွှစာ | hlwa1 za2 - sawdust.
  
  လွှငါးမန်း | hlwa1 nga1-mun3 - sawfish.
  
  လွှစက် | hlwa1 zet - sawmill; lumbermill.
  
  လွှစင် | hlwa1 zin2 - sawpit.
  
  လွှဆွဲ | hlwa1 hsweare3 - saw with a cross-cut saw.
  
  လွှတိုက် | hlwa1 tite - saw.
  
  လွှဝိုင်း | hlwa1 wine3 - circular saw.
  
  လွှသမား | hlwa1 dtha1-ma3 - sawyer who is employed to saw wood.
  
  လွှသွား | hlwa1 dthwa3 - sawtooth; serration.
  
  
• လွှာ | hlwa2; hlwa2
  
  (1) slice; cut into thin layers or slices.
  
  (2) numerical classifier (measure word) for number of layers or floor of building. E.g., (၇)လွှာထပ် | khoon2 hna1-hlwa2 htut - 7^th floor.
  
  
• လွှား | hlwa3; hlwa3
  
  (1) air-dry or sun-dry bed-sheet or clothing over the clotheline without hanger.
  
  (2) hurdle over as in ခုန်ပျံကျော်လွှား | khone2 pyan2 kjau2 hlwa3.
  
  (3) a type of personal shield to protect against arrow, spear, stone throw, etc..