Khasi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Austroasiatic *sləəŋ (to wear a lower garment). Cognate with Middle Mon sluiṅ (to wear a lower garment).[1]

Verb edit

slieng

  1. wear a lower garment; put on a loincloth

References edit

  • Singh, U Nissor (1906) Khasi-English dictionary[1], Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 205. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  1. ^ Shorto, Harry (2006) Sidwell, Paul, Doug Cooper and Christian Bauer, editors, A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN