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Khasi
Etymology
From Proto-Austroasiatic *sləəŋ (“to wear a lower garment”). Cognate with Middle Mon sluiṅ (“to wear a lower garment”).[1]
Verb
slieng
- wear a lower garment; put on a loincloth
References
- Singh, U Nissor (1906) Khasi-English dictionary, Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 205. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- ^ Shorto, Harry (2006) Sidwell, Paul, Doug Cooper and Christian Bauer, editors, A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN