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Lisu

/ˈliːˌsuː/

Lisu noun: a member of a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group inhabiting the mountainous regions of Yunnan (southwestern China), Arunachal Pradesh (northeastern India), northern Myanmar and Thailand.

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.
    • 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.2011, Terry Miller, Sean Williams, The Garland Handbook of Southeast Asian Music, page 303

Proper noun

Lisu

  1. A Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Lisu people.

Adjective

Lisu (not comparable)

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

Lisu meaning in Marathi and Myanmar

Lisu in Marathi

member of ethnic group
लिसू lisū
language
लिसू lisū
of, from, or pertaining to the Lisu people or Lisu language
लिसू lisū

Lisu in Myanmar

member of ethnic group
လီဆူ lihcu
language
လီဆူဘာသာစကား lihcubhasaca.ka:
of, from, or pertaining to the Lisu people or Lisu language
လီဆူ lihcu

Forms of Lisu

pluralLisus
pluralLisu

Origin of Lisu

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

Questions about Lisu

What does Lisu mean?
Lisu means a member of a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group inhabiting the mountainous regions of Yunnan (southwestern China), Arunachal Pradesh (northeastern India), northern Myanmar and Thailand.
What is Lisu in Marathi?
Lisu in Marathi is लिसू (lisū). See Lisu meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is Lisu?
Lisu can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Lisu?
Lisu is pronounced /ˈliːˌsuː/.
What is the plural of Lisu?
The plural of Lisu is Lisus.

Words near Lisu in the dictionary

  1. listwaenite
  2. listwanite
  3. listwashing
  4. listwise
  5. listy
  6. Lisu
  7. lisuride
  8. Lisus
  9. Lisvane
  10. Liswerry
  11. Liszewski

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Lisu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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