htang

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ထင် (htang).

Verb

htang

  1. to anticipate

References
  • Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Lashi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʰaŋ˧/

Particle

htang

  1. Used to indicate a superlative of the preceding adjective; -est
    He bang hpung mo nyang yong htang ngoyt da. ― She was the most beautiful in this group. (Quoting Luk, p.102)

References
  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 102
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