coolie meaning in Myanmar
ကူလီ kuli
/ˈkuːli/
coolie in Myanmar: ကူလီ (kuli). In English, coolie means an unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.
Myanmar words for coolie
- unskilled Asian worker
- ကူလီ kuli
English meaning of coolie
- noun An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.
- noun An Indian or a person of Indian descent.
coolie in other languages
Questions about coolie in Myanmar
- What is the meaning of coolie in Myanmar?
- Coolie in Myanmar is ကူလီ (kuli).
- coolie ရဲ့ အဓိပ္ပာယ်က ဘာလဲ။
- Coolie: ကူလီ (kuli).
- What does coolie mean in English?
- Coolie means an unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.
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