လေး

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Burmese

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

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

လေး (le:) (digit )

  1. (numeral) four.
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

လေး (le:)

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

Etymology 3

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

လေး (le:)

  1. (weaponry) bow (weapon used for shooting arrows).
Derived terms

References

Shan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

လေး (lée) (abstract noun လွင်ႈလေး)

  1. to lick.

Etymology 2

From Burmese လေး (le:).

Noun

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

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