atchinga

Garo

Etymology

From atching + -a (“neutral, unmarked tense-aspect marker”). Likely a form of onomatopoeia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

atchinga (intransitive)

1. sneeze

References

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎^[1], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 385