Lisu

See also: lisu, Lìsù, and ꓡꓲꓺ-ꓢꓴꓺ

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 傈僳 (Lìsù), 𤠫𤢂, etc.

Noun

Lisu (plural Lisus or Lisu)

1. A member of a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group inhabiting the mountainous regions of Yunnan (southwestern China), Arunachal Pradesh (northeastern India), northern Myanmar and Thailand.
   • 2011, Terry Miller, Sean Williams, The Garland Handbook of Southeast Asian Music, page 303:

     There are more than a hundred such groups, including the Karen of Thailand and Burma; the Kachin in Burma; the Akha, the Lahu, and the Lisu in Thailand; the Hmong, the Kmhmu, and the Yao in Laos; and the Nùng and the Lati in Vietnam.

Translations

member of ethnic group

• Burmese: လီဆူ (my) (lihcu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傈僳 (zh) (Lìsù), 傈僳族 (zh) (Lìsùzú)

• Marathi: लिसू (lisū)
• Shan: မူးသိူဝ်း (shn) (múu sóe)
• Xibe: ᠯᡞᠰᡠ
  ᡠᡣᠰᡠᠷᠠ (lisu uksura)

Proper noun

Lisu

1. A tonal language spoken by the Lisu people.

Translations

language

• Burmese: လီဆူဘာသာစကား (lihcubhasaca.ka:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傈僳語／傈僳语 (Lìsùyǔ)

• Lisu: ꓡꓲꓺ-ꓢꓴꓺ (li̱-su̱)
• Marathi: लिसू f (lisū)
• Xibe: ᠯᡞᠰᡠ
  ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ (lisu gisun)

Adjective

Lisu (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Lisu people or Lisu language.

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to the Lisu people or Lisu language

• Burmese: လီဆူ (my) (lihcu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傈僳 (zh) (Lìsù)

• Marathi: लिसू (lisū)
• Shan: မူးသိူဝ်း (shn) (múu sóe)

Anagrams

• Lius, Luis, ULSI