bangsemo

Ao

Etymology

From tebang (“mouth”) +‎ Proto-Central Naga *a-tshaːm (“hair”), the second element ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t)sam (“hair”).

Noun

bangsemo

  1. (Chungli) beard

Further reading

  • Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎[1], Berkeley: University of California, page 214
  • Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 49
  • Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 95
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.