လေး
See also: လေ
Burmese
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| Cardinal : လေး (le:) Ordinal : စတုတ္ထ (ca.tuthta.) | ||
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lé/
- Romanization: MLCTS: le: • ALA-LC: le″ • BGN/PCGN: le: • Okell: leì
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ləj (“four”).
Numeral
လေး • (le:) (digit ၄)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ləj-t ~ s-rəj-t (“heavy”). Cognate with Tibetan ལྕི་བ (lci ba, “heavy”), ལྗིད་པ (ljid pa, “heaviness, weight”).
Adjective
လေး • (le:)
Derived terms
- လေးလံ (le:lam)
Etymology 3
လေး
From Old Burmese လိယ် (liy).
Noun
လေး • (le:)
- bow (weapon used for shooting arrows)
Derived terms
- လေးတင် (le:tang)
References
- “လေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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