"Lethwei" meaning in English

See Lethwei in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Burmese လက်ဝှေ့ (lakhwe., “boxing”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|my|လက်ဝှေ့|t=boxing}} Burmese လက်ဝှေ့ (lakhwe., “boxing”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Lethwei (uncountable)
  1. (martial arts) A full-contact combat sport from Myanmar, allowing headbutts alongside punches, kicks, elbows, and knees. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: Burmese boxing Translations (boxing): လက်ဝှေ့ (lakhwe.) (Burmese)
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "my",
        "3": "လက်ဝှေ့",
        "t": "boxing"
      },
      "expansion": "Burmese လက်ဝှေ့ (lakhwe., “boxing”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Burmese လက်ဝှေ့ (lakhwe., “boxing”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Lethwei (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Burmese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Martial arts",
          "orig": "en:Martial arts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A full-contact combat sport from Myanmar, allowing headbutts alongside punches, kicks, elbows, and knees."
      ],
      "id": "en-Lethwei-en-noun-hBK6-RKR",
      "links": [
        [
          "martial arts",
          "martial arts"
        ],
        [
          "full",
          "full"
        ],
        [
          "contact",
          "contact"
        ],
        [
          "combat sport",
          "combat sport"
        ],
        [
          "Myanmar",
          "Myanmar"
        ],
        [
          "allow",
          "allow"
        ],
        [
          "headbutt",
          "headbutt"
        ],
        [
          "alongside",
          "alongside"
        ],
        [
          "punch",
          "punch"
        ],
        [
          "kick",
          "kick"
        ],
        [
          "elbow",
          "elbow"
        ],
        [
          "knee",
          "knee"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(martial arts) A full-contact combat sport from Myanmar, allowing headbutts alongside punches, kicks, elbows, and knees."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Burmese boxing"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "martial-arts",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "sports",
        "war"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "lang_code": "my",
          "roman": "lakhwe.",
          "sense": "boxing",
          "word": "လက်ဝှေ့"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Lethwei"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "my",
        "3": "လက်ဝှေ့",
        "t": "boxing"
      },
      "expansion": "Burmese လက်ဝှေ့ (lakhwe., “boxing”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Burmese လက်ဝှေ့ (lakhwe., “boxing”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Lethwei (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Burmese",
        "English terms derived from Burmese",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Burmese translations",
        "en:Martial arts"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A full-contact combat sport from Myanmar, allowing headbutts alongside punches, kicks, elbows, and knees."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "martial arts",
          "martial arts"
        ],
        [
          "full",
          "full"
        ],
        [
          "contact",
          "contact"
        ],
        [
          "combat sport",
          "combat sport"
        ],
        [
          "Myanmar",
          "Myanmar"
        ],
        [
          "allow",
          "allow"
        ],
        [
          "headbutt",
          "headbutt"
        ],
        [
          "alongside",
          "alongside"
        ],
        [
          "punch",
          "punch"
        ],
        [
          "kick",
          "kick"
        ],
        [
          "elbow",
          "elbow"
        ],
        [
          "knee",
          "knee"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(martial arts) A full-contact combat sport from Myanmar, allowing headbutts alongside punches, kicks, elbows, and knees."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Burmese boxing"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "martial-arts",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "sports",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "lang_code": "my",
      "roman": "lakhwe.",
      "sense": "boxing",
      "word": "လက်ဝှေ့"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Lethwei"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Lethwei meaning in English (1.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.