nawryng

Khumi Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *hnaar, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-naːr. Cognates include Tibetan སྣ (sna) and Burmese နှာ (hna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ˧.rɘ̃˩/

Noun

nawryng

1. nose

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎^[1], Payap University, page 42