ᰣᰦᰁᰤᰦᰮ

Lepcha

Etymology

From ᰣᰦ- (ʔá-, adjective prefix) +‎ ᰁᰤᰦᰮ (klyám, “to be sweet”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.kljam/

Adjective

ᰣᰦᰁᰤᰦᰮ (ʔáklyám)

  1. sweet

Further reading

  • Tamsang, Aathing K. P. (2009), The Lepcha-English Encyclopaedic Dictionary, second edition, page 55
  • Mainwaring, George Byres (1898), “klyam”, in Albert Grünwedel, editor, Dictionary of the Lepcha-language‎[1], Berlin: Unger Brothers, page 43
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