kâng chhia

Mizo

Etymology

From kâng (“to burn”) +‎ chhia (“bad”).

Verb

kâng chhia (stem II kan chhiat)

  1. (intransitive) to burn down
    • Zalen, "Ram Hectare 2647 kangchhia [2647 hectares of forest burn down]" 19 March 2016
      Aizawl: Environment and Forest Deptt. chhinchhiah danin nikum thal lai March atanga May thla chhung khan Mizoramah tum 1563 ram kang Hectare 2647.2 a zau a kang chhia a.
      Aizawl: The Environment and Forest Departments note that, from March to May last year, 2647.2 hectares of forest burned 1563 times in Mizoram.

Further reading

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.