ကြေ့ꩻ

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Pa'o Karen

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Proto-Karen *kliʔᴰ (white) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *khliʔ² (idem) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-lip (turtle; tortoise). Cognate with S'gaw Karen ချံး (khleë).

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • (Northern Pa'o) IPA(key): /kleʔ²¹/
  • (Southern Pa'o) IPA(key): /kliʔ²¹/

Noun

[edit]

ကြေ့ꩻ (transliteration needed)

  1. turtle, tortoise