ᰠᰣᰤᰦᰭ

Lepcha

Alternative forms

  • ᰠᰣᰦᰚᰦᰭ (saʔáyák), ᰣᰦᰚᰦᰭ (ʔáyák) (forms given in Mainwaring; now obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-jak, see Benedict (1972:48). The glottal stop is from ᰣᰦ- (ʔá-, nominalizing prefix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sə.ʔjak/

Noun

ᰠᰣᰤᰦᰭ (saʔyák)

  1. day (period of 24 hours)

Derived terms

  • ᰀᰫᰵ ᰠᰣᰤᰦᰭ (kúng saʔyák)
  • ᰎᰪᰰᰈᰬᰵ ᰠᰣᰤᰦᰭ (punjeng saʔyák)
  • ᰑᰦᰳ ᰠᰣᰤᰦᰭ (fát saʔyák)
  • ᰕᰧ ᰠᰣᰤᰦᰭ (mi saʔyák)
  • ᰜᰴ ᰠᰣᰤᰦᰭ (lang saʔyák)
  • ᰠᰪᰭᰕᰪᰳ ᰠᰣᰤᰦᰭ (sukmut saʔyák)
  • ᰣᰫᰵ ᰠᰣᰤᰦᰭ (ʔúng saʔyák)

Further reading

  • Plaisier, Heleen (2007), A grammar of Lepcha (Tibetan studies library: Languages of the greater Himalayan region)‎[1], volume 5, BRILL, →ISBN, pages 99-101
  • Mainwaring, George Byres (1898), Albert Grünwedel, editor, Dictionary of the Lepcha-language‎[2], Berlin: Unger Brothers, page 450
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