bälai

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Khumi Chin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bälai

  1. tongue

References

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  • K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin[1], Payap University, page 75