metsü

Ao

Etymology 1

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “See STEDT”)

    Pronunciation

    • (Chungli) IPA(key): /mɯ˥.tʃɯ˥/, [mə˥.tsɯ˥]

    Noun

    metsü

    1. (Chungli, Mongsen) salt

    Etymology 2

      See the noun counterpart metzü for etymology.

      Verb

      metsü

      1. to spit
      Inflection
      Inflection of metsü (Chungli)
      Affirmative Negative
      Past Simple metsü memetsü
      Perfect metsüogo memetsüogo
      Present Simple metsür memetsür
      Progressive metsüdar
      metsüdagi      		 memetsüdar
      memetsüdagi
      Future/infinitive metsütsü memetsütsü
      Imperative metsüang temetsü
      Present participle metsüa memetsüi
      Conditional metsüra
      metsürabang      		 memetsüra
      memetsürabang

      Etymology 3

        Ao numbers (edit)
         ←  10 20 30  → 
        2
            Cardinal: metsü

        From Proto-Central Naga *mu-kju, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-kul.

        Numeral

        metsü

        1. (Chungli) twenty

        Further reading

        • Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎[1], Berkeley: University of California, pages 74, 205
        • Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 56
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