Lisu

See also: lisu, Lìsù, and ꓡꓲꓺ-ꓢꓴꓺ

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 傈僳 (Lìsù), 𤠫𤢂, etc.

Noun

Lisu (plural Lisus or Lisu)

1. A member of a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group inhabiting the mountainous regions of Yunnan (southwestern China), Arunachal Pradesh (northeastern India), northern Myanmar and Thailand.
   • 2011, Terry Miller, Sean Williams, The Garland Handbook of Southeast Asian Music, page 303:

     There are more than a hundred such groups, including the Karen of Thailand and Burma; the Kachin in Burma; the Akha, the Lahu, and the Lisu in Thailand; the Hmong, the Kmhmu, and the Yao in Laos; and the Nùng and the Lati in Vietnam.

Translations

member of ethnic group

• Burmese: လီဆူ (my) (lihcu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傈僳 (zh) (Lìsù), 傈僳族 (zh) (Lìsùzú)

• Marathi: लिसू (lisū)
• Shan: မူးသိူဝ်း (shn) (múu sóe)

Proper noun

Lisu

1. A tonal language spoken by the Lisu people.

Translations

language

• Burmese: လီဆူဘာသာစကား (lihcubhasaca.ka:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傈僳語／傈僳语 (Lìsùyǔ)

• Lisu: ꓡꓲꓺ-ꓢꓴꓺ (li̱-su̱)
• Marathi: लिसू f (lisū)

Adjective

Lisu (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Lisu people or Lisu language.

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to the Lisu people or Lisu language

• Burmese: လီဆူ (my) (lihcu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傈僳 (zh) (Lìsù)

• Marathi: लिसू (lisū)
• Shan: မူးသိူဝ်း (shn) (múu sóe)

Anagrams

• Lius, Luis, ULSI