ဦးလေး

Burmese

Etymology

ဦး (u:) +‎ -လေး (-le:).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဦး+လေး
• IPA^(key): /ʔúlé/
• Romanization: MLCTS: u:le: • ALA-LC: ūʺleʺ • BGN/PCGN: u:le: • Okell: ùleì

Noun

ဦးလေး • (u:le:)

1. uncle, specifically mother's younger brother

References

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