Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lǝ̆
Meaning: speak, speech
Tibetan: zla, zlo (s) (p. bzlas, bzlos, f. bzlo, i. zlos) to say, tell, express.
Lushai: hla a hymn, a song (KC *hla).
Lepcha: lí, li-n to speak, to tell
Comments: Bunan la-la. Sh. 138, Bod. 181. Kiranti *blä(t) 'say' probably reflects the same root with Ablaut. stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-lush,stibet-lepcha,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,