kângmei
Mizo
Etymology
From kâng (“to burn”) + mei (“fire”).
Noun
kângmei
- fire
- Vanglaini, "Kangmei chhuak vangin in 24 a kang chhia [24 houses burn down due to an outbreak of fire]", 3 August 2024
- Thuneituten an tarlan danin kangmei vang hian mi pahnih an hliam a, thi erawh an awm lo thung.
- Authorities [say that] two people were injured by the fire, however, [nobody] has died.
- Vanglaini, "Kangmei chhuak vangin in 24 a kang chhia [24 houses burn down due to an outbreak of fire]", 3 August 2024
Further reading
- Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “kang-mei”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society