gungs doeu

Achang

Etymology

From gungs (“body”) +‎ doeu (“body”, animal classifier), the latter element only attested alone to directly mean "body" in Chinese dialects.

Pronunciation

  • (Myanmar) /ɡuŋ˧˩.dɯu˧/
  • (Luxi) [kɔŋ³¹.tɔ³¹]

Noun

gungs doeu

  1. (physical?) body

Further reading

  • Inglis, Douglas, Sampu, Nasaw, Jaseng, Wilai, Jana, Thocha (2005) A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎[1], Payap University, page 37
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