Lisu

From English Lisu, French lisu or Mandarin 傈僳 (Lìsù).

Lisu

1. (international standards) ISO 15924 script code for Lisu (Fraser).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 傈僳 (Lìsù), 𤠫𤢂, etc. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːˌsuː/

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

     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.

Lisu

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

Lisu (not comparable)

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lisu terms
• Ethnologue entry for Lisu, lis ⁠

• “Lisu”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• Lius, Luis, ULSI