khyoo꞉

Lashi

Pronunciation

• (Waingmaw) IPA^(key): [kʰjo˩˩]
• (Chipwe) IPA^(key): [kʰjo˨˨]
• Hyphenation: khyoo꞉

Noun

khyoo꞉

1. road

Postposition

khyoo꞉

1. towards, into, to
   • 2005, “Apoem ayang꞉ 41:1 [Genesis 41:1]”, in Jhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible]‎^[1], page 69:

     Houg꞉ yoomo Yoseb daˮ nya꞉ mang bang꞉ daxi꞉ yug bang꞉ ri Egutu mungˮ khyoo꞉ gug zoo꞉ qei nhang꞉ kaid.

     So Joseph's ten brothers went to the land of Egypt to buy crops.

References

• Mark Wannemacher (2011), A phonological overview of the Lacid language‎^[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University., page 28
• Hkaw Luk (2017), A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 25
• Hideo Sawada (2024), “Differences between ‘Lacid’ and ‘Leqi’”, in Grammatical Phenomena of Sino-Tibetan Languages, volume 6, pages 33-54