khyndiat

Khasi

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *kʰndiat. The *kʰn- was a reduced form of the morpheme for "child", whose full form resulted in modern Khasi khun. The root *-diat has a monosyllabic cognate in Mon ဍောတ်.

Cognate with Vietnamese con nít (“kid”), Riang [Lang] kᵊndiət² ("small").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰndiat/

Adverb

khyndiat

  1. few; little
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