Etymology

Lisu

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Today it 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. Full definition →

Mandarin 傈僳
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from傈僳
  2. English todayLisu

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.