chyeju

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ကျေးဇူး (kye:ju:) likely via Shan ၵျေးၸူး (kjée tsúu).

Noun

chyeju

1. gratitude

References

• Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[1], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128