လှေ

See also: လေး and လေ

Burmese
လှေ (hle)

Etymology

From Old Burmese လှိယ် (lhiy).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /l̥è/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hle • ALA-LC: lhe • BGN/PCGN: hle • Okell: hlei

Noun

လှေ • (hle)

  1. boat

References
  • “လှေ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 942.
  • “လှေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • Nishi, Y. (1999). Old Burmese: toward the history of Burmese. Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology, 23(3), 659-692.
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