လုံချည်

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Burmese[edit]

လုံချည်'

Etymology[edit]

Phono-semantic matching of Hindi लुंगी (luṅgī). လုံ (lum, “to be covered”) +‎ ချည် (hkyany, “to tie”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Phonetic respelling: လုံဂျည်
IPA^(key): /lòʊɴd͡ʑì/
Romanization: MLCTS: lumhkyany • ALA-LC: luṃkhyaññʻ • BGN/PCGN: lon-gyi • Okell: louñhci

Noun[edit]

လုံချည် • (lumhkyany) (classifier ထည်)

(clothing) longyi
Hyponyms: ထဘီ (hta.bhi), ပလေကတ် (pa.lekat)

Descendants[edit]

→ English: longyi

See also[edit]

ပုဆိုး (pu.hcui:), လုံကွင်း (lumkwang:)

References[edit]

“လုံချည်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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