လှေ

See also: လေး and လေ

Burmese
လှေ (hle)

Etymology

Inherited 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.
  • 1999 March 15, 義郎 西, ヨシオ ニシ, Yoshio Nishi, “Old Burmese : Toward the History of Burmese”, in 国立民族学博物館研究報告‎, volume 23, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 659–692:
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