ᰣᰦᰕᰬᰯ

Lepcha

Alternative forms

  • ᰣᰦᰕᰤᰦᰯ (ʔámyál), ᰣᰦᰕᰤᰬᰯ (ʔámyel) (given in Mainwaring)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-murl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.mel/

Noun

ᰣᰦᰕᰬᰯ (ʔámel)

  1. (body) hair
  2. feather
  3. armour

Further reading

  • Tamsang, Aathing K. P. (2009), The Lepcha-English Encyclopaedic Dictionary, second edition, page 35
  • Plaisier, Heleen (2007), A grammar of Lepcha (Tibetan studies library: Languages of the greater Himalayan region)‎[1], volume 5, BRILL, →ISBN, page 243
  • Mainwaring, George Byres (1898), “myal”, in Albert Grünwedel, editor, Dictionary of the Lepcha-language‎[2], Berlin: Unger Brothers, page 300
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