လိပ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leɪʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: lip • ALA-LC: lipʻ • BGN/PCGN: leik • Okell: leiʔ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-lip (“turtle, tortoise”).

Noun

လိပ် • (lip) (classifier ကောင်)

1. tortoise, turtle

Etymology 2

From Pali lipi (“alphabet, letter of the alphabet”), from Sanskrit लिपि (lipi, “writing, letters, alphabet”).

Noun

လိပ် • (lip)

1. writing
2. address

Derived terms

• လိပ်စာ (lipca)

Verb

လိပ် • (lip)

1. to roll something up

Derived terms

• အလိပ် (a.lip, “a roll, bale”)

Further reading

• “လိပ်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 907.
• “လိပ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.