tsük
Ao
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *klaʔ (“to fall”).
Verb
tsük
- (Chungli) to fall (from a height)
Inflection
| Affirmative | Negative | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Past | Simple | tsük | metsük |
| Perfect | tsükogo | metsükogo | |
| Present | Simple | tsüker | metsüker |
| Progressive | tsükdar tsükdagi |
metsükdar metsükdagi | |
| Future/infinitive | tsüktsü | metsüktsü | |
| Imperative | tsükang | tetsük | |
| Present participle | tsüka | metsüki | |
| Conditional | tsükra tsükrabang |
metsükra metsükrabang | |
Further reading
- Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga[1], Berkeley: University of California, page 74
- Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 31
- Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 118