jngai

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Khasi

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Etymology

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Cognate to Proto-Mon-Khmer *(c)ŋajʔ (far), whence Khmer ឆ្ងាយ (chngaay), Chong [tʰŋɯ̤əˀj], Mon ဇ္ၚဲ, Koho ngae and Vietnamese ngái.

Adjective

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jngai

  1. far; distant

References

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  • Bars, E. (1973) “jngai”, in Khasi-English Dictionary, Shillong, Meghalaya: Don Bosco Press, page 500