dkhan
Appearance
Khasi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Austroasiatic *d₁kan (“bamboo rat”). Compare Muong cẳn (“bamboo rat”) and Khmu tkan ("mole"); also compare Malay dekan (“large bamboo rat, Rhizomys sumatrensis”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dkhan m
References
[edit]- ^ Shorto, Harry (2006) Sidwell, Paul, Doug Cooper and Christian Bauer, editors, A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN
- Singh, U Nissor (1906) Khasi-English dictionary[1], Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 65. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.