လေး
See also: လေ
Burmese
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Cardinal : လေး (le:) Ordinal : စတုတ္ထ (ca.tuthta.) | ||
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lé/
- Romanization: MLCTS: le: • ALA-LC: leʺ • BGN/PCGN: le: • Okell: leì
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ləj (“four”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen လွံၢ် (lwee̱), Nuosu ꇖ (ly), Tibetan བཞི (bzhi), Sikkimese ཞི (zhi).
Numeral
- (numeral) four
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Old Burmese လိယ်း (liy), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ləj-t ~ s-rəj-t (“heavy”). Cognate with Nuosu ꇖ (ly) (as in ꀉꇖ (ax ly, “heavy”)), Jingpho li (“heavy”), Drung vli (“heavy”), Tibetan ལྕི་བ (lci ba, “heavy”), ལྗིད་པ (ljid pa, “heaviness, weight”) and Naxi lee.
Adjective
လေး • (le:)
Derived terms
- လေးလံ (le:lam)
Etymology 3
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From Old Burmese လိယ် (liy), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with S'gaw Karen ချံၣ် (khleè, “bow”), Naxi leemei (“longbow”), Jingpho kung-li (“bow”).
Noun
လေး • (le:)
Derived terms
- လေးတင် (le:tang)
References
- “လေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Categories:
- Burmese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Burmese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Burmese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Burmese lemmas
- Burmese numerals
- Burmese cardinal numbers
- Burmese terms inherited from Old Burmese
- Burmese terms derived from Old Burmese
- Burmese adjectives
- Burmese nouns
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