လင်

From Proto-Tai *ʰlaŋᴬ (“back”). Cognate with Thai หลัง (lǎng), Northern Thai ᩉᩖᩢᨦ, Lao ຫຼັງ (lang), Lü ᦜᧂ (l̇ang), Tai Dam ꪨꪰꪉ, Shan လင် (lǎng), Ahom 𑜎𑜂𑜫 (laṅ), Bouyei langl, Zhuang laeng.

• IPA^(key): /laŋ¹/

လ︀င︀် (lang)

1. back (of the body).

လ︀င︀် (lang)

1. back; behind.
2. after.

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *b/m-laŋ, Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b/m-laŋ (“penis; male; husband”). Cognate with the second syllable of Jingpho [script needed] (ne³¹ laŋ³³, “penis”), Old Chinese 犅 (OC *klaːŋ, “bull, stud”); older comparisons to 郎 (OC *raːŋ, “husband, young man”) are improbable (see there for more) (STEDT).

The "complete" sense is grouped etymologically with the "husband" sense by MED, and isn't mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981.

• IPA^(key): /lɪ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: lang • ALA-LC: laṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: lin • Okell: liñ

လင် • (lang)

1. husband

• မယား (ma.ya:, “wife”)

လင် • (lang)

1. to be complete, sufficient, adequate, liberal, generous

• ခင်ပွန်း (hkangpwan:)

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

From Proto-Tai *ʰlaŋᴬ (“back”). Cognate with Thai หลัง (lǎng), Northern Thai ᩉᩖᩢᨦ, Lao ຫຼັງ (lang), Lü ᦜᧂ (l̇ang), Tai Dam ꪨꪰꪉ, Aiton လင် (laṅ), Ahom 𑜎𑜂𑜫 (laṅ), Bouyei langl, Zhuang laeng.

• IPA^(key): /laŋ˨˦/
• Rhymes: -aŋ

လင် • (lǎng)

1. back (of the body).

လင် • (lǎng)

1. a classifier for houses