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slieng

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Khasi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austroasiatic *sləəŋ (“to wear a lower garment”). Cognate with Middle Mon sluiṅ (“to wear a lower garment”).[1]

Verb

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slieng

  1. wear a lower garment; put on a loincloth

References

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  • Singh, U Nissor (1906) Khasi-English dictionary‎[1], Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 205. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  1. ^ Shorto, Harry (2006) Sidwell, Paul, Doug Cooper and Christian Bauer, editors, A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN
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