လိပ်

Burmese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /leɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: lip • ALA-LC: lip‘ • BGN/PCGN: leik • Okell: leiʔ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-lip (“turtle, tortoise”).

Noun

လိပ် • (lip) (classifier ကောင်)

  1. tortoise, turtle

Etymology 2

From Pali lipi (“alphabet, letter of the alphabet”), from Sanskrit लिपि (lipi, “writing, letters, alphabet”).

Noun

လိပ် • (lip)

  1. writing
  2. address
Derived terms

Verb

လိပ် • (lip)

  1. 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.
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