အလျင်

See also: အုံလင်

Burmese

Etymology 1

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) ‎ လျင် (lyang, “swift, sharp”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'*လျင်
• IPA^(key): /ʔəljɪ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.lyang • ALA-LC: ʼalyaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: ălyin • Okell: ălyiñ

Noun

အလျင် • (a.lyang)

1. velocity (vector quantity)

Derived terms

• အလျင်စလို (a.lyangca.lui, “hurriedly, urgently”)
• အလျင်အမြန် (a.lyang-a.mran, “quickly, urgently”)

 

Etymology 2

Equated with the "velocity, quick" sense in Etymology 1 by MED. Luce, on the other hand, separates it from the "quick" sense and compares it with Old Chinese 前 (OC *zleːn, “before, front”), albeit with an incorrect transcription as "alhyaṅ" (with an "h").

Alternative forms

• အရင် (a.rang)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'ယင်
• IPA^(key): /ʔəjɪ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.lyang • ALA-LC: ʼalyaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: ăyin • Okell: ăyiñ

Adjective

အလျင် • (a.lyang)

1. previous, former

Postposition

အလျင် • (a.lyang)

1. before, firstly, first

Noun

အလျင် • (a.lyang)

1. the past

Derived terms

• အလျင်ကျ (a.lyangkya., “to be earlier, be ahead”)

 

Further reading

• “အလျင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• “အလျင်” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
• “အလျင်” in Wörterbuch Burmesisch–Deutsch (VEB Verlag Enzykolopädie Leipzig 1976), by Annemarie Esche.