khémshá

Khiamniungan Naga

Etymology

Compound of khém (“an act of taking out cooked rice with the spoon from pot or cooker”) +‎ shá (“grammartical syllable added as suffix in support of the base word to complete the word in action”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰem⁵⁵.sʰa⁵⁵/

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Verb

khémshá

1. (Patsho) an act of taking out rice from the cooker or pot using utensil which has been already cooked.

   Jujie liangkü tsih nü khemsha kütü jüchiukü athiu.

   Please take out the rice and put it on my plate.