English Explanatory Dictionary

Lisu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
name
  1. A Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Lisu people.
adj
  1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Lisu people or Lisu language.

Pronunciation

/ˈliːˌsuː/

Word forms

Lisu Lisus

Etymology

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

Related words

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