täkai

See also: takai

Khumi Chin

Täkai.

Etymology

Compare Vietnamese khái, Khmer ខ្លា (khlaa) and Burmese ကျား (kya:).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə.kai̯˩/

Noun

täkai

1. tiger (Panthera tigris)

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎^[1], Payap University, page 58