ဦးလေး
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Burmese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ဦး (u:, “sir; head”) + လေး (le:, “heavy; to attach importance to”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Phonetic respelling: ဦး+လေး
- IPA(key): /ʔúlé/
- Romanization: MLCTS: u:le: • ALA-LC: ūʺleʺ • BGN/PCGN: u:le: • Okell: ùleì
Noun
[edit]ဦးလေး • (u:le:)
- uncle, specifically mother's younger brother
References
[edit]- “ဦးလေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.