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Definition of Longyi
1. Noun. A long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Longyi
Literary usage of Longyi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Among the Burmans: A Record of Fifteen Years of Work and Its Fruitage by Henry Park Cochrane (1904)
"Giving him the benefit of a doubt I arranged with my right- hand man to give him
a longyi, such as the other men were wearing. No, he did not like a longyi, ..."
2. The Karen People of Burma: A Study in Anthropology and Ethnology by Harry Ignatius Marshall (1922)
"But in this case the boy has bound his feet together loosely with a Burmese
loin-cloth ("longyi") to enable him to g rip the trunk more easily. ..."
3. The Silken East: A Record of Life and Travel in Burma by Vincent Clarence Scott O'Connor (1904)
"A short distance above it is longyi-ua, and the people relate that a king's boat
was once caught in the whirlpool near this island, and that it had to be ..."
4. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1898)
"Called Dr. longyi-ar in consultation in the evening. The Doctor examined and
swabbed out the uterus wiih iodine and carbolic acid, used douche, ..."
5. A People at School by Harold Fielding (1906)
"cotton longyi and a soiled white jacket, and he smiled upon us amiably. ' Who are
you ?' he asked. Our guide explained. ' Where are you going ? ..."
6. Mental Culture in Burmese Crisis Politics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the National by Gustaaf Houtman (1999)
"The paradox is that the army demands the civilian population to wear longyi and
accuse democracy protesters of westernisation, while they are themselves ..."
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