လှယ်
Burmese
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/m/s-laj ~ r/s-lej ~ b-rej (“to exchange, buy”); see လဲ (lai:, “to exchange”) for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l̥ɛ̀/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hlai • ALA-LC: lhayʻ • BGN/PCGN: hlè • Okell: hle
Verb
လှယ် • (hlai)
- (of things, ideas, experiences, etc.) to exchange
- to barter
- (of things) to transfer from one receptacle to another
Derived terms
- ကိုယ်စားလှယ် (kuiyca:hlai)
- ခြယ်လှယ် (hkraihlai)
- ဆူလှယ် (hcuhlai)
- နှီးနှောဖလှယ်ပွဲ (hni:hnau:hpa.hlai-pwai:)
- ဖလှယ် (hpa.hlai)
- လှယ်ဖယ် (hlaihpai)
- လဲလှယ် (lai:hlai)
- သွတ်လှယ် (swathlai)
Further reading
- “လှယ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.