myang

Lashi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-taŋ (“to see”). Within Burmish, close cognates include Achang nyvng and Burmese မြင် (mrang).

Pronunciation

  • (Waingmaw) IPA(key): [mjaŋ˧˧]
  • (Mongko) IPA(key): [mjaːŋ˥˧]
  • Hyphenation: myang

Verb

myang

  1. (transitive) to see
    • 2005, “Apoem ayang꞉ 41:1 [Genesis 41:1]”, in Jhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible]‎[1], page 66:
      Eig zain myangˮ thang꞉ Egutu khokham yhoeb moꓹ myang zigi nyang꞉ gi Nila gyid lang yam moo yhe꞉ yab nyid.
      Two years later the king of Egypt saw a dream that he was standing beside the river Nile.

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 317
  • Mark Wannemacher (2011) A phonological overview of the Lacid language‎[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University., page 31
  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 60
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