လျှာ

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-laj ~ s-lej. Cognate with Tibetan ལྕེ (lce) and Chinese 舌 (shé).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃà/

Romanization: MLCTS: hlya • ALA-LC: lyhā • BGN/PCGN: sha • Okell: hya
Homophone: ရှာ (hra)

Noun

လျှာ • (hlya)

tongue

Derived terms

(Nouns)

ကျားလျှာ (kya:hlya)
ကြက်လျှာ (krakhlya)
ကြောင်လျှာ (kraunghlya)
ငါးခွေးလျှာ (nga:hkwe:hlya)
လျှာခင် (hlyahkang)
လျှာစက် (hlyacak)
လျှာနာခွာနာ (hlyanahkwana)
လျှာပွတ်ဆေး (hlya-pwathce:)

(Verbs)

လျှာလည် (hlyalany)

References

“လျှာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
“လျှာ (freq. written and pron. ရှာ)” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 946.

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