ဒံး

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *ɁdeɁᴰ (“wing”).[1] Cognate with Eastern Pwo ဍာ် (dài), Pa'o Karen ဒေ့ꩻ (déʔ).

Noun

ဒံး • (deë)

  1. a wing

Particle

ဒံး • (deë)

  1. Used to indicate continuation of a situation: still
  2. In negative contexts: yet

References

  1. ^ Luangthongkum, Theraphan. 2019. A View on Proto-Karen Phonology and Lexicon. Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (JSEALS) Vol. 12.1 (2019): i-lii. ISSN: 1836-6821, DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/10524/52441
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