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dkhan

Khasi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Austroasiatic *d₁kan (“bamboo rat”). Compare Muong cẳn (“bamboo rat”) and Khmu tkan ("mole"); also compare Malay dekan (“large bamboo rat, Rhizomys sumatrensis”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dkhan m

  1. mole, hill rat

References edit

  1. ^ Shorto, Harry (2006) Sidwell, Paul, Doug Cooper and Christian Bauer, editors, A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN
  • Singh, U Nissor (1906) Khasi-English dictionary‎[1], Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 65. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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