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Myanmar English Dictionary
Vowel 'A'
လ လာ လား လျ လျာ လျား လွ လှ လှာ လျှာ လွှ လွှာ လွှား Back to Dictionary Main Menu-
လ | la1
(1) the twenty eighth character.
(2) moon.
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.
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.
လငပုပ်ဖမ်း | la1 nga1-poat pfun3 - have a lunar eclipse.
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.
လထီးဆောင်း | la1 hti3-hsoun3 - the moon having partial halo.
လထွက် | la1 dwet - moonrise.
လပြည့် | la1 byay1 - full-moon.
လပြည့်နေ့ | la1 byay1 nay1 - full-moon day.
လပြည့်ဝန်း | la1 byay1 wun3 - full moon at its brightest time uncovered by clouds.
လမိုက်ရက် | la1 mite yet - dark moonless night or the night with faint moonlight.
လမုန့် | la1 mone1 - mooncake.
လရောင် | la1 youn2 - moonlight.
လရောင်ခြည် | la1 youn2-ji2 - luminance of the moon.
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.
(3) month.
လခ | la1 ga1 - monthly salary.
လခစား | la1 ga1 za3 - salaried personnel; employee on payroll.
လချုပ် | la1 joat - monthly; end-of-month (report, etc..)
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.
လစဉ်ကြေး | la1 zin2 jay3 - monthly fee.
လဆိုင်း | la1 zine3 - a system of deferring loan payment by the month.
လထပ် | la1 htut - intercalate (add) a month in a lunar calendar to correlate with the solar year.
လပြန်တိုး | la1 byan2 doe3 - loan system in which principal plus interest is accrued at the month-end.
လသား | la1 dtha3 - a baby, seedling or a pup less than a year old.
လဆွဲ | la1 zweare3 - subscripted လ as in ပလ္လင် | pa1-lin2 - throne.
၎င်း | la1-goun3; la1-goun3 - the subject or person in the discussion; above-mentioned.
လပေါ်သရေ | la1 bau2 tha1-yay2 - sloppily; untidily.
လပို့ | la-bo1 - hump.
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).
လယ | la1-ya1 - a measure of time equivalent to ten finger snaps.
လ.ဝ.က | la1 wa1 ka1- abbreviation for immigration or immigration office.
လ.ဝ.ကမှူး | la1 wa1 ka1 hmu3- immigration officer.
လဟာ | la1-ha2
လဟာပြင် | la1-ha2-byin2 - open space; open skies.
လဟာပြင်ဈေး | la1-ha2-byin2 zay3 - open air market.
လတ္တံ့ | la-tan1 - a prophecy, soothsaying, foretelling about something equivalent to 'bound to happen'.
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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.
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လား | la3; la3; la3
(1) particle equivalent to question mark at the end of the sentence.
ဒါပဲလား | da2 beare3 la3 - Is that all?
(2) mule.
(3) reach.
နတ်ပြည်သို့လားပါစေ | nut-pyi2 dtho1 la3 ba2-zay2 - "May you reach the Heavenly World!" (eulogy to the deceased.)
(4) [literary] go.
လားဟူ | la3-hu2 - ethnic Lahu people in eastern Shan State in Myanmar, China, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.
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လျ | lya1
- slender; lean; thin.
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လျာ | ya2
- appropriate; earmark; set aside.
မင်းလျာ | min3 lya2 - crown prince; heir apparent to a throne.
လျာထားသော | ya2 hta3 dthau3 - earmarked.
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လျား | lya3; lya3
- be protracted; lengthy; extended.
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လွ | lwa1
- [archaic and poetic] (1) blazing white. (2) glistering; lustrous.
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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.
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လှာ | hla2 - [poetic] suffix word used as a rhyme with
the same meaning as လာ | la2.
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လျှာ | sha2
(1) tongue.
(2) manner of speaking.
လျှာမရှည်နဲ့ | sha2 ma1-shay2 neare1 - Don't talk so much.
လျှာခင် | sha1-khin2 - 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.
လျှာသွက်အာသွက် | sha2-dthwet ah2-dthwet - talkative mood.
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လွှ | hlwa1
- saw (used for cutting trees.)
လွှစာ | hlwa1 za2 - sawdust.
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.
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လွှာ | hlwa2; hlwa2
(1) cut into thin layers.
(2) numerical classifier (measure word) for number of layers.
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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..