bälai

See also: balai

Khumi Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *lay, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-lay. Cognates include Burmese လျှာ (hlya) and Tibetan ལྗགས (ljags).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bə.lai̯˩/

Noun

bälai

  1. tongue

References
  • K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎, Payap University, page 75
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