U+A340, ꍀ
YI SYLLABLE SSYT

[U+A33F]
Yi Syllables
[U+A341]

Nuosu

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-rtsik (leopard). Cognate with Tibetan གཟིག (gzig), Burmese သစ် (sac, leopard), Zhaba ʑe⁵⁵ mei⁵⁵ (leopard/panther), Northern Qiang [Term?] (), Chepang [script needed] (jaʔ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zz̩˥˥/

Letter

(ssyt)

  1. One of the Yi syllables, transcribed as ssyt.

Noun

(ssyt)

  1. leopard
  2. tiger

References

  • Gerner, Matthias (2013) A Grammar of Nuosu, Germany: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 72.