လမု

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Mon လၟု (lmu, “Sonneratia caseolaris”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • Phonetic respelling: လ'မု
  • IPA(key): /ləmṵ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: la.mu. • ALA-LC: lamu • BGN/PCGN: lămu. • Okell: lămú

Noun

လမု • (la.mu.)

  1. Sonneratia caseolaris[1] (syn. S. acida), a mangrove species of the family Lythraceae (formerly Sonneratiaceae)

See also
  • တပြု (ta.pru.), လမဲ့ (la.mai.)

References
  1. “လမု” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • “လမု” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 904.
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