lungyi

9.9

A long piece of colorful cloth wrapped around the waist like a skirt

noun

Indian

: lungi

In Myanmar, both men and women commonly wear the lungyi for comfort and tradition.

Examples

The lungyi is a traditional garment in Myanmar.
The market stall displayed lungyis of every color and pattern imaginable.
He wrapped a lungyi around his waist before heading out into the evening.
He wore a beautiful lungyi to the festival.
In Myanmar, both men and women commonly wear the lungyi for comfort and tradition.
He wrapped a lungyi around his waist before heading out into the evening.
The market stall displayed lungyis of every color and pattern imaginable.

Synonyms

loincloth

vslungyi

10 7.1

A simple cloth worn around the hips to cover the private parts

is brighter and worn as a skirt or sash rather than a simple cover

breechcloth

vslungyi

1 9.9

A strip of cloth worn around the waist and between the legs, often by Indigenous peoples as a traditional garment

is broader in use and often worn as skirt sash or loin covering

lungi

vslungyi

Indian

1 9.9

A long colorful cloth that men wrap around their waist like a skirt

is identical in meaning but differs only in spelling

longyi

vslungyi

Indian

1 9.9

A long piece of cloth worn like a skirt in Myanmar

shares the same sense but uses an alternate regional form

How Revealing

loincloth

10 7.1

skirt

378 1.0

lungyi

Indian

9.9

robe

273 1.3

Surface Forms

lungyi singular

lungyis plural

Etymology

Lungyi (also spelled longyi) comes from Myanmar (Burma), where the name refers to a long cloth people 'wrap' around the waist. So a lungyi today is a long, colorful skirt-like cloth or sash worn for comfort and tradition.