ngaus

Achang

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋuw.

Pronunciation

  • (Myanmar) /ŋɑu˧˩/
  • (Lianghe) [ŋɑu⁵⁵]
  • (Longchuan) [ŋau⁵⁵]
  • (Luxi) [ŋau³¹]
  • (Xiandao) [ŋau⁵⁵]

The Xiandao dialect also has a causative counterpart /ŋ̊au⁵⁵/ "to cause to cry" with a voiceless nasal initial.

Verb

ngaus

  1. to cry, weep

Further reading

  • Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎[1], Payap University, page 86
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