ནེ́ང

Kurtöp

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [néŋ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-niŋ. Cognates include Tibetan སྙིང (snying).

Noun

ནེ́ང ('neng)

  1. heart
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bodish *niŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ni(ŋ~k). Cognates include Tibetan ནིང (ning).

Noun

ནེ́ང ('neng)

  1. year

References

  • G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 122
  • Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017) A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 89