လိုက်ချီး

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 荔枝 (lìzhī), perhaps via English lychee.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laɪʔt͡ɕʰí/

Romanization: MLCTS: luikhkyi: • ALA-LC: luik‘khyī″ • BGN/PCGN: laikchi: • Okell: laiʔhcì

Noun

လိုက်ချီး • (luikhkyi:)

lychee

Synonyms

နှင်းသီး (hnang:si:)

Further reading

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

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