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See also: လေ

Burmese

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Burmese numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: လေး (le:)
    Ordinal: စတုတ္ထ (ca.tuthta.)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Numeral

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လေး (le:) (digit )

  1. (numeral) four
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Etymology 2

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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 (STEDT).

Adjective

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လေး (le:)

  1. heavy
  2. slow, dull, sluggish
  3. salty
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Descendants
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  • Shan: လေး (lée)

Etymology 3

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လေး

Inherited from Old Burmese လိယ် (liy), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d/s-ləy (bow, slingshot). Cognate with S'gaw Karen ချံၣ် (khleè, bow), Naxi leemei (longbow), Jingpho kung-li (bow), Old Chinese (OC *hliʔ, “arrow”) (STEDT).

Noun

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လေး (le:)

  1. (weaponry) bow (weapon used for shooting arrows)
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Etymology 4

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Contraction of ကလေး (ka.le:, small).

Particle

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လေး (le:)

  1. particle indicating understatement, littleness, civility, or desirableness
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Etymology 5

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to Etymology 4 "diminutive affectionate particle"? Or a sound-symbolic formation?”)

Particle

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လေး (le:)

  1. word used as an ending in lyric poems, etc. for euphonic effect
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Further reading

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Shan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *liəᴬ⁴ (to lick), 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

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လေး (lée) (abstract noun လွင်ႈလေး)

  1. to lick.

Etymology 2

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From Burmese လေး (le:).

Noun

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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

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