ၵလႃး

Shan

Etymology

From Burmese ကုလား (ku.la:).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka˨˦.laː˥/

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• Rhymes: -aː

Proper noun

ၵလႃး • (kǎ láa)

1. foreigner, usually of South Asian descent
2. Indian

Derived terms

• ၵလႃးၵလီး (kǎ láa kǎ líi)
• ၵလႃးလမ် (kǎ láa lǎm)
• ၵလႃးဢုၵ်ႉ (kǎ láa ʼṵ̂k)
• မိူင်းၵလႃး (móeng kǎ láa)

 

References

• Moeng, Sao Tern (1995) Shan-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.