nyvng

Achang

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-taŋ (“to see”).

Pronunciation

  • (Myanmar) /nʲaˑŋ˧/
  • (Lianghe) [mjɑŋ⁵⁵]
  • (Longchuan) [mʐaŋ⁵⁵]
  • (Luxi) [mjaŋ³¹]
  • (Xiandao) [mʐaŋ⁵⁵]

Verb

nyvng

  1. to see, look at
    • 2010, “John 12:45”, in Ngochang Common Language Bible‎[1], Yangon: Bible Society of Myanmar:
      Ngos lyis nyvng soeu ka ngos lyis nhang kat soeu lhyi nyvng zis nghuot.
      The one who sees me is seeing the one who sent me.

Further reading

  • Inglis, Douglas, Sampu, Nasaw, Jaseng, Wilai, Jana, Thocha (2005) A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎[2], Payap University, page 97
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