bärui

Khumi Chin

Bärui.

Alternative forms

• (Khimi Chin) mägui

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ruul, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ruːl. Cognates include Burmese မြွေ (mrwe) and Tibetan སྦྲུལ (sbrul).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bə.rui̯˩/

Noun

bärui

1. snake

Derived terms

• bärui-angraeng
• bäruidaengngaeng
• bäruikhawngte
• bäruimädi
• bäruitoka

 

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎^[1], Payap University, page 59