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Lepcha

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja. Cognate to Tibetan (nya), Burmese ငါး (nga:), Chinese (OC *ŋa, “fish”), (OC *ŋa, “to fish”).

Noun

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ᰅᰫ (ngú)

  1. fish

References

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  • Plaisier, Heleen (2007) A grammar of Lepcha (Tibetan studies library: Languages of the greater Himalayan region)‎[1], volume 5, BRILL, →ISBN