pakhuv

Lutuv

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khuʔ, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kwak.[1]

Verb

pakhuv

  1. to cough[2]
    Pakhuv va ciy.
    You didn't cough.

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kuup ~ khuup ~ khuuk, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-kuː(k/ŋ).

Noun

pakhuv

  1. knee

References

  1. ^ Kenneth VanBik (2009) Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin Languages (STEDT Monograph Series), volume 8, →ISBN
  2. ^ Amanda Bohnert (2025) “The Lutuv (Lautu) Verbal Agreement System”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures[1], volume 4, number 1