ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ

Santali

Etymology

From Proto-Munda *mv₄raŋ (“big”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maraŋ]

Adjective

ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ • (maraṅ)

1. big

   Synonym: ᱥᱮᱺᱬᱟ (sĕ̃ṇa)

   ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱜᱮᱭᱟ ᱾

   nôw̃a dare maraṅ geya .

   This tree is big.

References

• ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ in A Concise English-Santali Dictionary (2003), Hansdah, Ramesh Chandra; Murmu, Naresh Chandra

• Rau, Felix, Munda cognate set with Proto-Munda reconstructions (2019), Zenodo