temang

Ao

Etymology

From Proto-Central Naga *a-maŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *maŋ (to die; corpse).

Pronunciation

  • (Chungli) IPA(key): /tɯ˧.maŋ˧/, [tə˧.maŋ˧]

Noun

temang

  1. (Chungli, Mongsen) body

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga[1], Berkeley: University of California, pages 78, 241
  • Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 42