လျှာ

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-laj ~ s-lej. Cognate with Tibetan ལྕེ (lce) and Chinese 舌 (shé).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hlya • ALA-LC: lyhā • BGN/PCGN: sha • Okell: hya
• Homophone: ရှာ (hra)

Noun

လျှာ • (hlya)

1. tongue

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• ကျားလျှာ (kya:hlya)
• ကြက်လျှာ (krakhlya)
• ကြောင်လျှာ (kraunghlya)
• ငါးခွေးလျှာ (nga:hkwe:hlya)
• လျှာခင် (hlyahkang)
• လျှာစက် (hlyacak)
• လျှာနာခွာနာ (hlyanahkwana)
• လျှာပွတ်ဆေး (hlya-pwathce:)

(Verbs)

• လျှာလည် (hlyalany)

References

• “လျှာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• “လျှာ (freq. written and pron. ရှာ)” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 946.