ꯍꯨꯏ
Manipuri
Alternative forms
Etymology
Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-kʷəj-n (“dog”)
Cognates
- Eastern Pwo ထုဲး (thwí)
- Pa'o Karen ထွီႏ
- Western Kayah ꤓꤝꤤ꤬ (htwì)
- Western Pwo ထွံၪ
- Burmese ခွေး (hkwe:)
- Galo ikìi
- S'gaw Karen ထွံၣ် (hṭweè)
- Tibetan ཁྱི (khyi)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [húi]
Noun
ꯍꯨꯏ (huʼi)
Derived terms
- ꯍꯨꯏꯖꯧ (huʼijou)
Descendants
- → English: Meitei Hui
References
- Sharma, H[anjabam] Surmangol (2006), “ꯍꯨꯏ”, in Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary, Imphal: Sangam Book Store.