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Khumi Chin
Etymology
From Proto-Kuki-Chin , from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sa-y. Cognates include Burmese သဲ (sai:) and Tibetan ས (sa).
Pronunciation
Noun
sä-i
- sand
References
- K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin, Payap University, page 59