လုံချည်

Burmese

လုံချည်'

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi लुंगी (luṅgī), but spelled as if a compound of လုံ (lum, “to be covered”) and ချည် (hkyany, “to tie”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

လုံချည် • (lumhkyany) (classifier ထည်)

1. (clothing) longyi

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

Descendants

• → English: longyi

See also

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

References

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