tävawng

Khumi Chin

Tävawng.

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *wom, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-wam. Cognates include Chinese 熊 (xióng) and Burmese ဝံ (wam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə.vɔ̃˩/

Noun

tävawng

1. bear

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎^[1], Payap University, page 50