bälai

See also: balai

Khumi Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *lay, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-lay. Cognates include Burmese လျှာ (hlya) and Tibetan ལྗགས (ljags).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bə.lai̯˩/

Noun

bälai

1. tongue

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎^[1], Payap University, page 75