လီး

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-ley (“penis”). Compare Tibetan [script needed] (mdźe, “penis”),^[1] as well as Old Chinese 𡳞 (“idem”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lí/
• Romanization: MLCTS: li: • ALA-LC: līʺ • BGN/PCGN: li: • Okell: lì

Noun

လီး • (li:)

1. (vulgar) dick

Synonyms

• လိင်တံ (lingtam) (polite)

Derived terms

• လီးစုပ် (li:cup)

 

References

1. Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT).

Eastern Pwo

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *hliᴮ. Cognates include S'gaw Karen လံၣ် (leè).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [li˥˥]

Noun

လီး (lí)

1. squirrel

References

• A. Kato (2019) “Pwo Karen”, in A. Vittrant & J. Watkins, editors, The Mainland Southeast Asia Linguistic Area, page 140
• Saw Mervin Myat Kyaw et. al. “လီး”, in Karen (Pwo) - Burmese - English dictionary, Phrakhanong: Karen (Pwo) Dictionary Compiling Committee, page 175