လိုက်ချီး

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 荔枝 (lìzhī), perhaps via English lychee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɪʔt͡ɕʰí/
• Romanization: MLCTS: luikhkyi: • ALA-LC: luikʻkhyīʺ • BGN/PCGN: laikchi: • Okell: laiʔhcì

Noun

လိုက်ချီး • (luikhkyi:)

1. lychee

Synonyms

• နှင်းသီး (hnang:si:)

Further reading

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