ᰉᰫᰲᰎᰩᰵ

Lepcha

Etymology

From ᰉᰫᰲ (nyúr, “ear”) +‎ ᰎᰩᰵ (póng, “dammed, deaf”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲur.pɔŋ/

Adjective

ᰉᰫᰲᰎᰩᰵ (nyúrpóng)

  1. deaf

Usage notes

Plasier does not agree with Mainwaring and the LEED on the form of the second element of this word; she gives ᰉᰫᰲᰎᰴ (nyúrpang) instead.

Further reading

  • Tamsang, Aathing K. P. (2009), The Lepcha-English Encyclopaedic Dictionary, second edition, page 335
  • Mainwaring, George Byres (1898), Albert Grünwedel, editor, Dictionary of the Lepcha-language‎[1], Berlin: Unger Brothers, page 222
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