လေး

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Burmese[edit]

Burmese numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3
4
5  → 
    Cardinal: လေး (le:)
    Ordinal: စတုတ္ထ (ca.tuthta.)

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *b/ʔ-ləj² (four), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ləj (four). Cognate with S'gaw Karen လွံၢ် (lwee̱), Nuosu (ly), Tibetan བཞི (bzhi), Sikkimese ཞི (zhi).

Numeral[edit]

လေး (le:) (digit )

  1. (numeral) four.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Old Burmese လိယ်း (liy), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ləj-t ~ s-rəj-t (heavy). Cognate with Nuosu (ly) (as in ꀉꇖ (ax ly, heavy)), Jingpho li (heavy), Drung vli (heavy), Tibetan ལྕི་བ (lci ba, heavy), ལྗིད་པ (ljid pa, heaviness, weight) and Naxi lee.

Adjective[edit]

လေး (le:)

  1. heavy.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Shan: လေး (lée)

Etymology 3[edit]

လေး

Inherited from Old Burmese လိယ် (liy), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with S'gaw Karen ချံၣ် (khleè, bow), Naxi leemei (longbow), Jingpho kung-li (bow).

Noun[edit]

လေး (le:)

  1. (weaponry) bow (weapon used for shooting arrows).
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Shan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Tai *C̬.lwiəᴬ (to lick). Cognate with Thai เลีย (liia), Lao ເລຍ (līa), ᦵᦟ (le), Tai Nüa ᥘᥥᥰ (), Ahom 𑜎𑜦 (le), Zhuang riz, Nong Zhuang laix.

Verb[edit]

လေး (lée) (abstract noun လွင်ႈလေး)

  1. to lick.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Burmese လေး (le:).

Noun[edit]

လေး (lée)

  1. certain amount or weight of alloy added to silver
  2. profit, increase on rice in trade or interest on money, when the original doubles or trebles

References[edit]

  • Moeng, Sao Tern (1995) Shan-English Dictionary[1], Dunwoody Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.