myid꞉

See also: myid

Lashi

Etymology 1

Lashi cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : myid꞉

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese [Term?], from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij. Cognates include Burmese လေး (le:).

Pronunciation

  • (Waingmaw) IPA(key): [mjit̚˩˩]
  • (Mongko) IPA(key): [mji˧˧]
  • Hyphenation: myid꞉

Numeral

myid꞉

  1. four
    • 2005, “Thuʼ loˮ 6:18 [Exodus 6:18]”, in Jhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible]‎[1], page 97:
      Kohad yuggi zoo꞉ myid꞉ yug gi Amram- Izhara- Hebron- Uziela bang꞉ nghoid.
      Kohath's four sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to Burmese မေး (me:).

Pronunciation

  • (Waingmaw) IPA(key): [mjit̚˩˩]
  • (Mongko) IPA(key): [mjeːj˧˧]
  • Hyphenation: myid꞉

Verb

myid꞉

  1. (transitive) to ask
    • 2005, “Apoem ayang꞉ 4:9 [Genesis 4:9]”, in Jhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible]‎[2], page 7:
      Aseing gi Ka-in ri «Reˮ nhungˮ Abela khayoo꞉ nyid laˮ» ga꞉ myid꞉.
      The Lord asked Cain: «Where is your younger brother Abel?»

References

  • Qingxia Dai; Jie Li (2007), 勒期语研究 [The study of the Leqi language], Beijing: Central Institute for Nationalities Publishing House, →ISBN, page 324