Where does “လီ” come from?

လီ (Shan) comes from Proto-Tai ɗɤjᴬ — good.

လီ (Shan): good; gallbladder; bile

Definitions

  1. good; gallbladder; bile

Ancestry of “လီ”, step by step

လီ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Tai ɗɤjᴬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taiɗɤjᴬgood

via Proto-Karen *k/s-lejᴬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Karen*k/s-lejᴬ

Words derived from “လီ

Every word from Proto-Tai ɗɤjᴬ