လတ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: lat • ALA-LC: latʻ • BGN/PCGN: lat • Okell: laʔ
• Homophone: လပ် (lap)

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (ə-lat "middle"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Has the same initial as လယ် (lai, “middle, center”), but doesn't appear to be related based on the different final. The "fair, fresh" sense is grouped with the "medium" sense by MED (averaged-out items tend to be more pleasant, as noted when looking at average face morphs), though this is quite dubious. Either way, not given etymology by STEDT (lat "fresh, new") nor mentioned by Luce 1981.”

Adjective

လတ် • (lat)

1. (of size, age, class, etc.) middle; medium
2. (of complexion, condition) fair, fresh

   Synonym: လတ်ဆတ် (lathcat)

Derived terms

• စက်လတ် (caklat)
• ဆန်လတ် (hcanlat)
• ပထမလတ် (pa.hta.ma.lat)
• မင်းသားလတ် (mang:sa:lat)
• မြေလတ် (mrelat)
• မွန်းလတ် (mwan:lat)
• လတ်ဆတ် (lathcat)
• လတ်တလော (latta.lau:)
• လတ်တလောချင်း (latta.lau:hkyang:)
• လတ်တလောဉာဏ် (latta.lau:nyan)
• လတ်လျားလတ်လျား (latlya:latlya:)
• လမ်းခုလတ် (lam:hku.lat)
• လှိုင်းလတ် (hluing:lat)
• လူလတ် (lulat)
• ဝါးလတ်စည်း (wa:latcany:)
• သက်လတ် (saklat)
• သက်လတ်တန်း (saklattan:)
• အလတ် (a.lat)

 

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (lat "( verb. affix, euphonic )"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Some of the words grouped with this in MED don't seem correlated, and some seem to go with the "middle" sense more.”

Particle

လတ် • (lat)

1. verbal affix used for euphonic or emphatic purpose

Derived terms

• ခုလတ် (hku.lat)
• ဆတ်ကော့လတ်ကော့ (hcatkau.latkau.)
• ပျာကလတ် (pyaka.lat)
• ပေကလတ်ပေကလတ် (peka.latpeka.lat)
• ပေကလတ်ပေကလတ်လုပ် (peka.latpeka.latlup)
• ဖတ်လတ်ကျ (hpatlatkya.)
• ဖတ်လတ်ဖတ်လတ် (hpatlathpatlat)
• လတ်လျားလတ်လျား (latlya:latlya:)
• လောလောလတ်လတ် (lau:lau:latlat)
• အရှင်လတ်လတ် (a.hranglatlat)

 

Further reading

• “လတ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• “လတ်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 901.

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese လတ် (lat).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lòt/

Verb

လတ် (lat)

1. to be fresh

References

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.