jngai
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Khasi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate to Proto-Mon-Khmer *(c)ŋajʔ (“far”), whence Khmer ឆ្ងាយ (chngaay), Chong [tʰŋɯ̤əˀj], Mon ဇ္ၚဲ, Koho ngae and Vietnamese ngái.
Adjective
[edit]jngai
References
[edit]- Bars, E. (1973) “jngai”, in Khasi-English Dictionary, Shillong, Meghalaya: Don Bosco Press, page 500