လီ

• IPA^(key): /lì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: li • ALA-LC: lī • BGN/PCGN: li • Okell: li

လီ • (li)

1. in installments: in parts

လီ • (li)

1. numerical classifier for counting multiples, frequencies

• “လီ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

From Proto-Karen [Term?]. Cognates include S'gaw Karen ကလံၤ (ka leē).

• IPA^(key): [li˩˩]

လီ (lì)

1. air

From Proto-Karen *k/s-lejᴬ. Cognates include S'gaw Karen သလံၤ (tha leē).

• IPA^(key): [li˩˩]

လီ (lì)

1. leech

From Proto-Karen *lejᴬ. Cognates include S'gaw Karen လံၤ (leē).

• IPA^(key): [li˩˩]

လီ (lì)

1. grandchild

• A. Kato (2009) “A Basic Vocabulary of Htoklibang Pwo Karen with Hpa-an, Kyonbyaw, and Proto-Pwo Karen Forms”, in Asian and African Languages and Linguistics, volume 4, page 39
• Saw Mervin Myat Kyaw et. al. “လီ”, in Karen (Pwo) - Burmese - English dictionary, Phrakhanong: Karen (Pwo) Dictionary Compiling Committee, page 174

Compare Burmese လိမ် (lim).

• IPA^(key): /lɯːm/

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လီ (liṃ)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /lï/

လီ (transliteration needed)

1. air

• IPA^(key): /liː˨˦/
• Rhymes: -iː

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.

လီ • (lǐi) (abstract noun တၢင်းလီ)

1. good

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 (lī).

လီ • (lǐi)

1. gallbladder; bile.