ᦣᧅ
Lü
Etymology
From a Mon-Khmer language; ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *r[a]k (“to love; beloved, dear”). Cognate with Thai รัก (rák), Northern Thai ᩁᩢ᩠ᨠ, Isan ฮัก, Lao ຮັກ (hak), Shan ႁၵ်ႉ (hâ̰k), Tai Nüa ᥞᥐᥳ (hak5). Outside Tai-Kadai, cognate with Khmer រាក់ (rĕək, “friendly, cordial, pleasant; intimate, affectionate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hak̚˧/
Verb
ᦣᧅ (hak) (abstract noun ᦂᦱᧃᦣᧅ)
- love
- ᦅᦳᧃ ᦣᧅ ᦂᧃ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦘᦱᧅ ᦂᧃ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦷᦑᧅ
- kun hak k̇an ni phaak k̇an koa2 tok
- As for people who love each other, if they are separated, they will be sad.
Synonyms
- ᦶᦗᧂ (paeng)
- ᦣᧅᦶᦗᧂ (hakpaeng)
- ᦣᧅᦶᦗᧂᦶᦚᧂᦺᦚᧈ (hakpaengḟaengḟay1)