mänahu

Khumi Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *naak, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nam. Cognates include Burmese နံရိုး (nam-rui:) and Old Chinese 妊 (*njɯms /⁠*njɯms⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.na˥.hu˧/

Noun

mänahu

1. rib

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎^[1], Payap University, page 78