လှေ

See also: လေး and လေ

Burmese

လှေ (hle)

Etymology

From Old Burmese လှိယ် (lhiy), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Jingpho li (“boat”), Naxi leeq, S'gaw Karen ချံ (khlee).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̥è/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hle • ALA-LC: lhe • BGN/PCGN: hle • Okell: hlei

Noun

လှေ • (hle)

1. boat

References

• “လှေ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 942.
• “လှေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• Nishi, Y. (1999). Old Burmese: toward the history of Burmese. Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology, 23(3), 659-692.