kyi•

Atong (India)

Alternative forms

• kyiʼ

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-kʷəj-n (“dog”). Cognate with Tibetan ཁྱི (khyi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəjʔ/

Noun

kyi• (Bengali script কেঃয়ʼ or কেঃইʼ)

1. dog

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.