လူကြီး

Burmese

Etymology

Karmadhāraya compound of လူ (lu) +‎ ကြီး (kri:)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: လူဂြီး
• IPA^(key): /lùd͡ʑí/
• Romanization: MLCTS: lu-kri: • ALA-LC: lūkrīʺ • BGN/PCGN: lugyi: • Okell: lucì

Noun

လူကြီး • (lu-kri:)

1. adult, grown-up, elderly person
2. (of home, community, department, etc) elder or responsible person; leader; dignitary

References

• “လူကြီး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.