khyndiat

Khasi

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *kʰndiat. The *kʰn- was a reduced form of the morpheme for "child", whose full form resulted in modern Khasi khun. The root *-diat has a monosyllabic cognate in Mon ဍောတ်.

Cognate with Vietnamese con nít (“kid”), Riang [Lang] kᵊndiət² ("small").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰndiat/

Adverb

khyndiat

1. few; little