From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-laj ~ s-lej. Cognate with Tibetan ལྕེ (lce) and Chinese 舌 (shé), Chepang ले (le), Burmese လျှာ (hlya), Pa'o Karen ဖြေ (ple), Nuosu ꉐꆂ (hxa nie), Garo sre.
ལྕེ་ལ (lce la) (Devanagari spelling ल्च्ये ल)
