လေးချိုး
Burmese
Etymology
လေး (le:, “four”) + ချိုး (hkyui:, “to versify, break, bend”).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: လေးဂျိုး
- IPA(key): /léd͡ʑó/
- Romanization: MLCTS: le:hkyui: • ALA-LC: leʺkhyuiʺ • BGN/PCGN: le:gyo: • Okell: leìhcoù
Noun
လေးချိုး • (le:hkyui:)
- a kind of four-stanzaed verse
- လေးချိုး ချိုးတယ် ― le:hkyui: hkyui:tai ― to recite a four-syllable verse
Further reading
- “လေးချိုး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.