လိပ်
Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leɪʔ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: lip • ALA-LC: lipʻ • BGN/PCGN: leik • Okell: leiʔ
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-lip (“turtle, tortoise”).
Noun
လိပ် • (lip) (classifier ကောင်)
- tortoise, turtle
Etymology 2
From Pali lipi (“alphabet, letter of the alphabet”), from Sanskrit लिपि (lipi, “writing, letters, alphabet”).
Noun
လိပ် • (lip)
- writing
- address
Derived terms
- လိပ်စာ (lipca)
Verb
လိပ် • (lip)
- to roll something up
Derived terms
- အလိပ် (a.lip, “a roll, bale”)
Further reading
- “လိပ်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 907.
- “လိပ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.