Jingpho

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Burmese ထင် (htang).

Verb

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htang

  1. to anticipate

References

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

Lashi

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Pronunciation

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Particle

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htang

  1. Used to indicate a superlative of the preceding adjective; -est
    He bang hpung mo nyang yong htang ngoyt da.She was the most beautiful in this group. (Quoting Luk, p.102)

References

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  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 102