ᰣᰦᰜᰤᰪ

Lepcha

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.ljɯ/

Noun

ᰣᰦᰜᰤᰪ (ʔályu)

  1. cat

Usage notes

Plasier does not agree with LEED and Mainwaring on the form of this word; she has ᰣᰦᰜᰤᰫ (ʔályú) for "cat".

Further reading

  • Tamsang, Aathing K. P. (2009), The Lepcha-English Encyclopaedic Dictionary, second edition, page 66
  • Mainwaring, George Byres (1898), Albert Grünwedel, editor, Dictionary of the Lepcha-language[1], Berlin: Unger Brothers, page 441