Translingual

Letter

လ

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

Burmese

လ

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-(g)la. Cognate with Tibetan ཟླ་བ ‎(zla ba, “moon, month”), Sichuan Yi ꆪ ‎(hlep, “moon, month”), S'gaw Karen လါ ‎(lā, “moon, month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la̰/

Noun

လ • ‎(la.) (Romanization: MLCTS: la. • ALA-LC: la • BGN/PCGN: la. • Okell: lá)

1. moon
2. month

References

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

Mon

Noun

လ ‎(lɛ̀ˀ)

1. grandfather