လီ

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Burmese

Pronunciation

Adjective

လီ • (li)

  1. in installments: in parts.

Derived terms

Classifier

လီ • (li)

  1. numerical classifier for counting multiples, frequencies

References

Mon

Etymology

Compare Burmese လိမ် (lim).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɯːm/
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Verb

လီ (liṃ)

  1. to lie (to give false information intentionally with intent to deceive)

Rakhine

Etymology

Inherited from Old Burmese လိယ်, from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *s/ʔ-ləy¹, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-ləj. Cognate with Burmese လေ (le).

Pronunciation

Noun

လီ (transliteration needed)

  1. air

Shan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɗɤjᴬ (“good”). Cognate with Thai ดี (dii), Northern Thai ᨯᩦ (di), Lao ດີ (dī), Lü ᦡᦲ (ḋii), Ahom 𑜓𑜣 (dī), 𑜃𑜣 (nī) or 𑜑𑜣 (hī), Bouyei ndil, Zhuang ndei.

Adjective

လီ • (lǐi) (abstract noun တၢင်းလီ)

  1. good

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *ɓliːᴬ (“gallbladder; bile”). Cognate with Thai ดี (dii), Lao ບີ (bī), Ahom 𑜓𑜣 (dī) or 𑜎𑜣 (lī), Zhuang mbei; Compare Eastern Pwo လီႋ.

Noun

လီ • (lǐi)

  1. gallbladder; bile.
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