ᰕᰤᰩᰭ

See also: ᰕᰤᰩᰰ and ᰕᰤᰩᰵ

Lepcha

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *maːk (“son-in-law, genitals”). Compare S'gaw Karen မာ် (mạ), Galo magbo, Adi mak-bo, Mizo mâkpa, Tibetan མག་པ (mag pa), Dzongkha རྨགཔ (rmagp, “husband”), Lisu ꓟꓯꓸ ꓪꓵ (mǽ wy); also compare Jingpho /da-maʔ/, Southern Qiang /tʃɿ⁵⁵ ma³¹/ (Taoping), Northern Qiang /tʃɪ miɛ/ (Mawo), Situ /tə nmak/ (Ma'erkang / Barkam), Burmese သမက် (sa.mak).

Benedict (1979) also compares this to 牡 (OC *mɯwʔ, “male”), though this is disputed. (STEDT)

Noun

ᰕᰤᰩᰭ (myók)

  1. son-in-law

References

  • Plaisier, Heleen (2007) A grammar of Lepcha (Tibetan studies library: Languages of the greater Himalayan region)‎[1], volume 5, BRILL, →ISBN
  • James A. Matisoff, editor (2015), The Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus, etymon 547.
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