shyngkhliang

Khasi

Etymology

From Proto-Austroasiatic *sliŋ ~ sliiŋ ~ sliəŋ ~ slaiŋ (“to be tilted, to squint”). Cognate with Bahnar pling (“to squint”) and Khmer ស្រលៀង (srɑliəng, “cross-eyed”), as well as with Bahnar hơrêng (“to lean over”). Doublet of sharing.[1]

Adjective

shyngkhliang

  1. cross-eyed

References

  1. ^ Shorto, Harry (2006), Paul Sidwell, Doug Cooper, Christian Bauer, editors, A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN
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