Burmese edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

လီ (li)

  1. in installments: in parts.

Derived terms edit

Classifier edit

လီ (li)

  1. numerical classifier for counting multiples, frequencies

References edit

Mon edit

Etymology edit

Compare Burmese လိမ် (lim).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /lɯːm/
  • (file)

Verb edit

လီ (liṃ)

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

Rakhine edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

လီ (transliteration needed)

  1. air

Shan edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Tai *ɗɤjᴬ (good). Cognate with Thai ดี (dii), Northern Thai ᨯᩦ (di), Lao ດີ (), ᦡᦲ (ḋii), Ahom 𑜓𑜣 (), 𑜃𑜣 () or 𑜑𑜣 (), Bouyei ndil, Zhuang ndei.

Adjective edit

လီ (lǐi) (abstract noun တၢင်းလီ)

  1. good

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Tai *ɓliːᴬ (gallbladder; bile). Cognate with Thai ดี (dii), Lao ບີ (), Ahom 𑜓𑜣 () or 𑜎𑜣 (), Zhuang mbei; Compare Eastern Pwo လီႋ.

Noun edit

လီ (lǐi)

  1. gallbladder; bile.