လ

လ

1. La, the 28th letter of the Burmese alphabet.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/ɡ-la (“moon; month”). Cognate with Tibetan ཟླ་བ (zla ba), Sichuan Yi ꆪ (hlep), Pa'o Karen လာ, S'gaw Karen လါ (la), Eastern Pwo လာ, Western Kayah ꤜꤢꤧ꤭ (lāe).

• IPA^(key): /la̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: la. • ALA-LC: la • BGN/PCGN: la. • Okell: lá

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လ • (la.)

1. moon
2. month

• “လ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

လ (lɛ̀ˀ)

1. grandfather