လိမ်

လိမ်

See also: လိမ့် and လိမ်း

Burmese

လိမ် (Terminalia bialata)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lèɪɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: lim • ALA-LC: lim‘ • BGN/PCGN: lein • Okell: leiñ

Noun

လိမ် • (lim)

1. certain tree species of Combretaceae
   1. Combretum pyrifolium, syn. Terminalia pyrifolia[1]
   2. Indian silver grey wood (Terminalia bialata);[2] yields timber.

See also

• (Combretum pyrifolium): ထားဝယ်မှိုင်း (hta:waihmuing:)
• (Indian silver grey wood): ထောက်ကြံ့ (htaukkram.), ဖန်ခါး (hpanhka:), ဗာဒံ (badam), ရုံး (rum:), သစ်ဆိမ့် (sachcim.), သန်း (san:)

Verb

လိမ် • (lim)

1. to twist[2][1]
2. to be twisted[2][1]
3. to pinch[2][1]

   ပါးလိမ် ― pa:lim ― to pinch (one's) cheek[2]

4. to lie, to tell a lie, to deceive[2][1]

   ငါ့ကိုမလိမ်နဲ့။ ― nga.kuima.limnai.|| ― Don't tell me lies![1]

Derived terms

(Verbs)

• လိမ်ကောတ် (limkaut)
• လိမ်လည် (limlany)

References

1. Ōno, Tōru (2000) ビルマ(ミャンマー)語辞典 [Burmese dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Daigakushorin, →ISBN, page 665
2. “လိမ်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 909.