atsük
Ao
Etymology 1
From Proto-Central Naga *a-hr(j)ak, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *srik.
Pronunciation
- (Chungli) IPA(key): /a˥.tʃɯk˩/, [a˥.tsɯk˩]
Noun
atsük
- (Chungli, Mongsen) louse
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Chungli) IPA(key): /a˥.tʃɯk˥/, [a˥.tsɯk˥]
Verb
atsük
- (Chungli) to roast
Inflection
| Affirmative | Negative | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Past | Simple | atsük | matsük |
| Perfect | tsükogo | metsükogo | |
| Present | Simple | atsüker | matsüker |
| Progressive | tsükdar tsükdagi |
metsükdar metsükdagi | |
| Future/infinitive | atsüktsü | matsüktsü | |
| Imperative | tsükang | tatsük | |
| Present participle | tsüka | metsüki | |
| Conditional | tsükra tsükrabang |
metsükra metsükrabang | |
Further reading
- Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga[1], Berkeley: University of California, pages 74-76, 257
- Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 137