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喇

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: la1
POJ: la
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

prefix: trumpet (in 喇叭), lama (in 喇嘛)
喇叭, 喇嘛

The character carries several unrelated senses sharing the same Teochew reading in the source data (loanword component in 喇叭/喇嘛, onomatopoeia for wind or rain, Cantonese sentence-final particle), so which sense best represents Teochew usage is unclear.

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