khyam꞉

Lashi

Etymology

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *kram¹, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kram (“fence”). Cognates include Burmese ခြံ (hkram).

Pronunciation

  • (Waingmaw) IPA(key): [kʰjæm˩˩]
  • (Mongko) IPA(key): [kʰjam˧˧]
  • Hyphenation: khyam꞉

Noun

khyam꞉

  1. yard
  2. garden
    • 2005, “Apoem ayang꞉ 2:10 [Genesis 2:10]”, in Jhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible]‎[1], page 4:
      Gyid dalang gi Eden moo yau lho꞉ khyam꞉ ri jhuʼ nhang꞉.
      One river flows out of Eden in order to water the garden.

References

  • Qingxia Dai, Jie Li (2007) 勒期语研究 [The study of the Leqi language], Beijing: Central Institute for Nationalities Publishing House, →ISBN, page 291
  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 55
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