bärute

Khumi Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ruu, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-kəw ~ hu. Cognates include Tibetan རྐུ (rku) and Burmese ခိုး (hkui:).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bə.ru˧.te˧/

Verb

bärute

1. (transitive) to steal

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎^[1], Payap University, page 61