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)

  1. (of things, ideas, experiences, etc.) to exchange
  2. to barter
  3. (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)

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