tävawng

Khumi Chin
Tävawng.

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *wom, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-wam. Cognates include Chinese 熊 (xióng) and Burmese ဝံ (wam).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tə.vɔ̃˩/

Noun

tävawng

  1. bear

References
  • K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎, Payap University, page 50
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