Where does “လေစိမ်းတွေတိုက်” come from?
လေစိမ်းတွေတိုက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese လေစိမ်း, from Burmese လေ, from Old Burmese လိယ်, from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij.
လေစိမ်းတွေတိုက် (Burmese): to give someone the cold shoulder
Definitions
- to give someone the cold shoulder
Ancestry of “လေစိမ်းတွေတိုက်”, step by step
လေစိမ်းတွေတိုက် traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese လေစိမ်း
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | လေစိမ်း | raw breeze |
| 2 | Burmese | လေ | wind, air; Used to soften an indicative sentence:... |
| 3 | Old Burmese | လိယ် | — |
| 4 | Sino-Tibetan | *tV-lij | — |
via Burmese တိုက်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | တိုက် | continent; brick building; building for a... |
via Burmese တေ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | တေ | to beat or pound repeatedly |