Burmese

Numeral

လေး • ‎(le:) ‎(digit ၄) (Romanization: MLCTS: le: • ALA-LC: le″ • BGN/PCGN: le: • Okell: lèi)

1. four

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ləj-t ~ s-rəj-t ‎(“heavy”). Cognate with Tibetan ལྕི་བ ‎(lci ba, “heavy”), ལྗིད་པ ‎(ljid pa, “heaviness, weight”).

Adjective

လေး • ‎(le:) (Romanization: MLCTS: le: • ALA-LC: le″ • BGN/PCGN: le: • Okell: lèi)

1. heavy

Derived terms

• လေးလံ ‎(le:lam)

Etymology 3

လေး

From Old Burmese လိယ် ‎(liy).

Noun

လေး • ‎(le:) (Romanization: MLCTS: le: • ALA-LC: le″ • BGN/PCGN: le: • Okell: lèi)

1. bow (weapon used for shooting arrows)

Derived terms

• လေးတင် ‎(le:tang)

References

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